A Double Bill*

FIRST PERFORMANCE- 20h

'Born in Latent Space'

A Performance Lecture by Marlon Barrios Solano

'This is the unseeable space in which machine learning makes its meaning. Beyond that
which we are incapable of visualizing is that which we are incapable of even
understanding.'

— James Bridle

ABOUT
'Born in Latent Space' is a live lecture-performance that unfolds as a speculative, realtime collaboration between the artist and machine learning models. Seated before a
laptop, Marlon Barrios Solano engages with generative AI systems to explore latent
space—conceived not only as a technical structure, but as a realm of all possible
stories. Latent space, in machine learning, refers to a high-dimensional abstract representation
of data where compressed, hidden features are encoded. In this piece, it becomes a poetic and political territory—an unstable, generative dimension where memory, desire, identity, and imagination recombine through algorithmic play. Through gestures, voice, and code, the performer navigates a shifting audiovisual landscape shaped by real-time responses from AI: generated text, images, and sound. The work combines storytelling, re-performance, movement scores, web-based
interaction, and algorithmic improvisation.

BIO
Marlon Barrios Solano is a Venezuela-US interdisciplinary artist, creative technologist
and researcher with a background in dance, software engineering and cognitive
science. His works combine generative AI, machine learning, creative coding, and
performance. He is currently Maker-in-Residence focused on AI, Arts and Diasporas at
CAME Center for Art, Migration and Entrepreneurship at the University of Florida in
Gainesville, USA. He also is an artist-in-residence with the Rewilding Cultures program
at Radiona in Zagreb, Croatia, and at Lake Studios Berlin, Germany, where he is a
founding member. His recent works are deployed as dynamic browser-based AI art,
performance interfaces, improvisational scores, sound environments, AI chatbots and
video that he organizes as installations, workshops, participatory performances, and/or
lectures. All the work and code is published and distributed with an open-source license.
Marlon holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Dance, Cognition and Digital Technologies from
The Ohio State University.

more about Marlon:
https://marlonbarrios.github.io/

SECOND PERFORMANCE- 21h

'KISS'

by Kasia Wolińska

KISS, a work for three dancers, evolved alongside Prince’s posthumously released
album Piano & A Microphone 1983. Choreographed by Kasia Wolińska and premiered
during the 2022 SENSE series at Radialsystem, the piece celebrates dance as a
powerful, joyous expression of life. Drawing inspiration from Prince's effortless mastery
of diverse aesthetics and the album's rich musical tapestry, the choreography
establishes a dynamic framework for the intricate interplay between the dancers' bodies
and their connection to the audience's physical and affective experience. It playfully
explores a range of techniques, qualities, and legacies of dance, reviving its emotional
resonance and musicality. The result is a vibrant, shared experience of movement and
connection, brimming with energy and rhythm. For SUBMERGE, the performance will include a bonus part with a DJ set by Marisa Ngakegny aka Femdelic.

CREDITS
Concept and Choreography: Kasia Wolinska
Choreographic Collaboration: Myriam Lucas
Dancing: Julek Kreutzer, Kasia Ustowska-Gmerek, Kasia Wolinska
Dance Coaching: Myriam Lucas, Shannon Cooney
Music Direction: Oleg Dziewanowski
Costumes: Ewa Wolinska
Light Design: Aleksandr Prowalinski, Bruno Pocheron
Dramaturgy: Thomas Schaupp
Production: Magda Garlinska
„KISS“ is a project by Kasia Wolinska, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for
Culture and Europe and the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, with the
support of Lublin Dance Theatre, Centre Français de Berlin and Goethe-Institut
Warsaw.

BIO
Kasia Wolińska is a choreographer, dancer, and writer born in Gdańsk, living in Berlin.
She collaborated with artists including Lina Gomez, Sergiu Matis, Anne Mareike Hess, Helena Waldmann, Anna Nowicka, Agata Siniarska, Karol Tyminski, Rosalind Crisp, Anton Vidokle, Clemens von Wedemeyer. She created a few choreographic works of her own e.g. KISS (Berlin, 2022) or Salvage (Warsaw, 2021). Between 2013 and 2018 she led a performative, site-specific project Hi Mary. Since 2018, she has been writing a blog on dance and politics www.danceisaweapon.com. Her collectively and individually written texts were published in e.g. e- flux, Paletten, Dialog, and in books Danceolitics or Choreography Autonomies . In 2019-23 she was a board member of ZTB e.V. and the co-initiator of the Work Culture AG. Currently she is a member of systering, a transnational collective of artists, writers, dramaturges and cultural workers.

more about Kasia
https://kasiawolinska.weebly.com/

*Single Bill tickets may be purchased for this performance at 15 euros per ticket price