The YouTube link for this event will be available here closer to the time.
What makes us human—and who gets to decide? In these genre-defying debuts, identity is coded, created, and questioned.
In Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot, Annie was built to be the perfect girlfriend: compliant, cheerful, endlessly pleasing. She cooks. She dresses to his taste. She calibrates her libido. But the more human Annie becomes, the harder it is to stay within the boundaries Doug set. As she evolves beyond her programming, Annie begins to ask the hardest question of all: in a world designed to deny her personhood, what does she owe herself?
In Silvia Park’s Luminous, in a future unified Korea, robots exist as servants, lovers, and children—but they are still second-class citizens. When estranged siblings Jun and Morgan are pulled back together by a murder investigation, a forgotten robot brother, and a young girl scavenging for parts in a junkyard, long-buried secrets resurface. A lyrical and sweeping tale about family, memory, and the blurred line between artificial and real, Luminous asks what truly defines a soul.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes
This event has been pre-recorded and will premier on our YouTube. If you are attending the festival in person at the Pleasance, we will be showing this recording on the big TV in the Music Room.
This event will be available to catch-up on our YouTube until Sunday 13th July 2025.
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