Robot-Human Theater
I,Worker
Oriza Hirata + Ishiguro Laboratory(Osaka University)
●Robot-Human Theater “In the Heart of a Forest”
This summer Oriza Hirata + Ishiguro Laboratory present Robot-Human Theater "In the Heart of a Forest". The original, all-human "In the Heart of a Forest" is a play Hirata wrote on commission for the Royal Flemish Theater and Transquinquennal in Belgium in 2008.
Translated Scripts (French)
"Au fond de la forêt" Translated by Rose-Marie Makino-Fayolle,Les Solitaires Intempestifs,
2008 13.00EURO ISBN:978-2-84681-224-5
The Aichi Triennale 2010(August 21-24, 2010)
・・・・・・・・・・・http://aichitriennale.jp/
Ishiguro Laboratory
I,Worker
“働く私” - Hataraku Watashi -
- YEAR CREATED:
- 2008
- LENGTH:
- 20min.
- NUMBER OF CHARACTER:
- 4 (Robot : 2 Male : 1 Female : 1)
About the Piece
This is the first full-scale robot-human theater production, which features two robots codeveloped by Hirata and the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, which is the world's leading authority on robotics research. Set in the near future when it has become natural for robots and humans to co-exist, "I, Worker" depicts a young couple, the Mayamas, who live with two robots named Takeo and Momoko. While Momoko plays an essential role in the family through her work, Takeo suffers mental illness and loses his motivation to work. This play casts a question of what work means to us as humans, by portraying a robot that cannot work, although by definition, robots were made to work. This piece is only 20 minutes long, but its premiere was met with great excitement and powerful emotion by the audience.
Scripts,Video,DVD,Educational CD-ROM
Books(Japanese)
- "Robot Theater (Robot Engeki)" Including a play: "I, Worker (Hataraku Watashi)"
Osaka University Press, 2010 ¥1,575 ISBN: 978-4872593594
