WETWARE
DIRECTED BY ALESSANDRO AMADUCCI
2024 (English)
Three cyborg couples enter a newly opened building: the Human Museum. They are confronted with exhibits of humanity: statues of intertwined bodies, anatomical informations, and educational films, reacting emotionally with astonishment, disgust, fear, and curiosity toward the objects in the exhibit. In an inevitable process of machine learning, the six protagonists change during their visit, learning to simulate the rules of arousal and attraction. The pairs are not just the juxtaposition of two cyborgs. Can the machines ever feel what their bodies skillfully mimic: desire?
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Born in Turin (Italy) in 1967. He works as a professor in DAMS, Department of Art, Music and Performing Arts of the University of Turin, Italy. He wrote several books about videoart; video technics and aesthetics of electronic arts. Since 1989 he realizes experimental videos, documentaries, music videos, videoinstallations, multimedia shows and videoscenographies for dance performances.