The Ghost In The Machine: Writing with AI with Ali Matthews
Monday 9th May
4.30pm - 6pm
IN PERSON AT THE DUKES
How can we perform text birthed in part by a machine?
Do you find predictive text weird? Does Google Translate give you the creeps? Who (or what) is on the other end of these interactions which intrude more and more frequently on our everyday lives?
In this workshop, artist, Ali Matthews, will talk through her making process for creating her show, Bobby, Lunch is Darkness, covering techniques, including: finding a source of 'found' text, inputting text into a series of algorithms (don't worry, they won't bite), rewriting results to make dialogue flow more easily and performing the results. No experience of coding, internet art or formal creative writing required - all that you need is an open mind and an interest in writing, art or performance.
Please have a laptop, tablet or phone, and a notebook/pen to hand during this session.
This session will be relaxed throughout, providing the opportunity for you to ask as many questions as you like.
This event is FREE TO attend. Places are LIMITED.
Ticket Information
Once you have booked your ticket you will receive your ticket via email immediately (please check spam folders just in case). You will also receive a pre-event email with detailing how to get to The Dukes. If you have any ticket issues please email hello@goodcreator.org
ABOUT ALI MATTHEWS
Ali Matthews is an artist working in performance, music and video. She is based in Manchester. She has created cabaret, one-to-one & end-on performances for venues as diverse as ArtsAdmin/Toynbee Studios, Chelsea Theatre, York Mediale, Project Arts Centre Dublin, Glogauir Studios Berlin, Lancaster Arts, Contact Theatre & Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Her gig-musical, The Witching Way (created in collaboration with Lancaster-based artist Leo Burtin) premiered at the Royal Exchange in 2019 and toured to venues including Lancaster Arts and Square Chapel Halifax.
In 2019, she was selected as a Manchester International Festival Creative Lab artist, for which she created a video performance called Bobby, Lunch is Darkness, which premiered on the festival's BBC Live channel.
The Guardian has called her “a bewitching performer whose songs cling and haunt” (for the Ballad of Isosceles). She produces and project manages her own work with support from Making Room, and her projects have been consistently supported by Arts Council England.
Images: ‘‘Bobby, Lunch Is Darkness’ and The Ballad of Iscoleles’ © Ali Matthews
ABOUT THE DUKES
The Dukes is the only producing theatre venue in Lancashire. As an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, The Dukes creates a sense of place that challenges, enthrals and excites audiences, though live performance, film, art and events, promoting Lancashire talent and acting as an important resource for the community.