We Will Survive TV - Dancing Mania (Episode 1)

Episode 1: Social Simulation as Choreography: Infodemia, Automation, and Dance Mark Waschke, “My Introductory Lecture: The Benefits of Automation for the Actor/Actress” Mark Waschke is a German theater, film, and television actor who gained fame in particular through his role as the Berlin police inspector Robert Karow in the ARD television series Tatort. He gained international attention through his role as Noah in the science fiction series Dark, produced by Netflix. In addition to film and television productions, Waschke is also regularly active in the theater, including the Schaubühne Berlin. Parts of this episode were premiered earlier this fall as part of the contemporary art festival steirischer herbst s 53rd edition, titled Paranoia TV. Ayham Ghraowi and Shintaro Miyazaki, “On the Politics of Simulation” Ayham Ghraowi is a graphic designer and formerly Director of Programming and Publishing for the Office of the Dean at the Yale School of Art, where he was also a lecturer. He holds an MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art and is based in New Haven/Connecticut and New York City. He is the producer of the “Dancing Mania” sim and the Power Plants AR app. Shintaro Miyazaki is a junior professor in Digital Media and Computation at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Musicology and Media Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin. He is at the same time a senior researcher at the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures of the Academy of Art and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, where he directs and finalizes a research project at the interference field of commoning, computation, and design.