We must find a new way to live together - surely we can agree on this statement. We need to overcome the current phase of widespread conflict and seek a new coexistence where the "I" gives way to the "we", where individual well-being is inconceivable without the common good. These statements are irresistible, aren't they? And yet they are riddled with problematic elements. Who fits into this "we"? Can there be an "us" without an "others"? What do we do with what bothers us? Does this "we" include people we perceive as different, as disturbing? And what about artificial intelligence? Who should imagine the new myths? What if we invite artificial intelligences to imagine a "we"? Does it make sense to do this? Michael Ende said that no critique of society can be made if not accompanied by a utopian representation of the world. Una isla is a place where we can try to create something together, where we can create new myths and ask in a poetic way if there can be a different "us" and if it is possible to represent it. The show's text, music and images have been created in dialogue with a series of types of artificial intelligence.
In Una isla (An Island), the Agrupación Señor Serrano leaves aside the scenic, video and dramaturgical resources that have characterised their previous works, to present a more visual, sculptural and poetic language. In previous editions of the Grec Festival de Barcelona, this internationally renowned company has staged performances which include Brickman Brando Bubble Boom (2013), A House in Asia (2014), Birdie (2016), Kingdom (2018) and The Mountain (2020).
A co-producción of Grec 2023 Festival de Barcelona, Câmara Municipal de Setúbal, Rota Clandestina, Festival Internacional de Teatro de Expressão Iberica (FITEI), Centro Cultural CondeDuque, Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid (LAVA), CSS Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Festival delle Colline Torinesi, Feikes Huis, SPRING Festival, Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat.
Director and dramatist Àlex Serrano, Pau Palacios Assistant dramatist and director Carlota Grau Performers Lia Coelho Vohlgemuth, Sara Montalvão, Bartosz Ostrowski, Carlota Grau Local performers: Aina Lanas, Nuria Lloansi, Shorlady Preciado, Mario G. Sáez, Raquel Gualtero, Ignacio Jiménez, Arnau Boces, Mabel Olea, Claudi Laudo Holographic performance: Eva de Torróntegu Choreographer Núria Guiu Scenographer and costume designer Xesca Salvà Lighting design Cube.bz Musician Nico Roig Creation of holographic videos David Negrão Video morphing Boris Ramírez Video programming David Muñiz Stage manager and performer: Camille Latron Set student trainee: Helena Mateos-Serna Artificial intelligence used during the creation process GPT-3, Bloom, ChatGPT, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Midjourne, FILM Production coordination Barbara Bloin Executive producer Paula S. Viteri Management Art Republic Special thanks to: Josep Marimon, Inês Oliveira, The Algorithmic Bridge, Román Torre, Ventura Kalász, Eva de Torróntegui, Marc Sansalvadó, Chloe Sansalvadó, Teo Sansalvadó, Blanca García Lladó, Alexandra Laudo, Julià Laudo, Claudi Laudo, Rosa Pozuelo, Emilio Palacios, Ayesha Gul. Photography Agrupación Señor Serrano, Midjourney
