Artificial Intelligence and Playwriting Practice

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Monday 15 July
Tuesday 16 July

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In this practice-based research presentation, Jan Di Pietro introduces aspects of his PhD research, which explores the relationship between playwriting practices, live theatre processes, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
After introducing key theoretical ideas, such as counterfactual reasoning, Jan will explore these ideas in action by workshopping excerpts from his original experimental stage play, The Decision, that uses stylised movement, choreography, music, and rhythmic verse and song.

In the world of The Decision, AI technologies are determining people’s everyday actions. When a catastrophic environmental disaster renders Earth uninhabitable it is a select group of humans who must decide the fate of the species. The workshop of The Decision will include a movement improvisation exercise, and a short, choreographed movement sequence with chanted rhythmic verse.

Jan’s presentation will explore AI as both providing a creatively generative theme, as well as informing the theoretical framework that is emerging in his experimental playwrighting practice.

JAN DI PIETRO

Jan Di Pietro is a PhD candidate (Doctor of Philosophy, Performing Arts) at Griffith University under the supervision of Prof. Julian Meyrick and Nigel Krauth. He is a produced playwright, theatre practitioner, and educator with over 15 years professional experience in the field. He has worked across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the United States, and most recently as Resident Choreographer on the Old Vic’s Tony Award-winning production of A Christmas Carol adapted by Jack Thorne, at Melbourne’s Comedy theatre (2022, 2023). He mentors and teaches for drama, voice, and speech at the Tertiary level at Patrick School of the Arts in Melbourne (www.psarts.com.au).

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