LILITH.AI Lecture Performance
(2025)
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Premiere: 11 March 2025, SXSW, Austin (USA)
LILITH.AI Lecture Performance is an intimate journey into the space between life and death, where technology and human experience intertwine. Through this performative lecture, artists Aoi and Esteban unfold their encounter with mortality—a personal loss that led them to discover Matheryn Naovaratpong, the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen, and ultimately to create their digital offspring, Lilith and an interactive installation LILITH.AEON. The performance weaves together the deeply personal and the universal, exploring humanity's eternal quest for immortality. Through movement and narrative, the artists reveal their dialogue with artificial intelligence, inviting us into a liminal space where ancient desires for eternal life meet cutting-edge innovation.
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"That was hands down one of the best lecture performances I've seen. Your personalities, in depth research, and gorgeous technique really came through and you made it look so effortless. Really wonderful work.” - Audience
"Many creators talk about how they use AI in their work. A great example was the presentation of Aoi and Esteban who took me through a performance in the development of LILITH.AEON using motion capture, Blender and Unreal Engine. Despite, or thanks to (?), all this technology, they convinced me that there is a lot of emotion in their work.” - Audience
“It was brilliant, beautifully performed, funny, thought provoking & very engaging! Well done! A truly refreshing approach, thank you!” - Audience
“Loved it! So interesting to see a really creative and engaging insight to the process alongside the work itself.” - Audience
Previous Tour Dates
2025
24/01/2025 Digital Body Conference (Canterbury, UK) - Preview
28/02/2025 Luton Primary School (Chatham, UK) - Preview
11/03/2025 SXSW (Austin, USA) - Premiere
13/05/2025 Node Media Lab (Vienna, Austria)
15/05/2025 New Drama Festival (Bratislava, Slovakia)
18/06/2025 SWEAT Hong Kong International Dance Workshop Festival (Hong Kong)
08/07/2025 SVSN (Avignon, France)
12/07/2025 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, USA)
Format: Lecture performance in physical theatre, suitable for conferences and blackbox theatre
Audience members: Subject to the venue size
Length: 60 minutes (40 minutes show and Q&A)
Age: 10+
Credits
Creative Team:
Concept, Direction, Choreography, Dance
Aoi Nakamura, Esteban Lecoq
Dramaturg
Gemma Paintin
Music
Abul Mogard
Headpiece
Lara Jensen
Production
AΦE
Supported by
Arts Council England, iCCi – University of Kent and Visual Elements
This performance is part of the project REBOOT which was supported by
SCAN Computers, NVIDIA, La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse, Studio & Ateliers, E-nov Campus, Centre for Dance Research - Coventry University, Innovate UK, Sadler’s Wells, Creative XR powered by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England, EPSON, Supatex, Reinbeckhallen, Holotronica, Scalable Display, TECE, Blackcam System, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Rambert, Epic Games, Kent County Council, residency program “La Fabrique Chaillot” – Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse, South East Dance, Dance4, Ashford Borough Council, Interact Lab, The Game of Life, Theatre Delicatessen, Stafford Perkins, RebusFarm
Special thanks to artists, researchers, producers, creative companies and supporters who supported, worked and consulted on LILITH.AEON.
In memory of
Matheryn Naovaratpong, Emiko Nakamura and Suzane Fourmi
