The Future Is Not Unwritten

A smart film approaching the development of the human being in relation of Artificial Intelligence and Transhumanism. Visit website ↗

Introduction

The future is not unwritten is a smart film about artificial intelligence and transhumanism. It works as an open-ended narrative, which evolves endlessly using machine-learning code. The Ai takes over the editing of the film and reconstructs it over and over again. A female avatar acts as continious protagonist, who is addressing the audience with questions about the future of mankind and human existence.

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Approach

The influence of technology on people already lead to major changes and will continue to do so in the coming decades. The continuous development of human abilities through technological achievements leads to something one could call “extended” beings. A new era in which man and machine are growing together is heralding as the era of transhumanism.

The audience is guided through an infinite cycle of five content-related islands. Each island consists of human narratives and artificial interpretation, which are increasingly intertwined and mutually dependent. A process of transformation – from human and artificial to hybrid – begins. The film represents this as a utopian idea.

Outcome

The room-in-room installation combines the digital aspect of the infinite film with the natural. In a semi-transparent room, visitors step onto a haptic and fragrant underground. You don’t encounter the new, the strange in a sterile room, but only in relation to the forest.

Team

IDEA, ART DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: SUSANNE STEINMASSL
DEVELOPMENT: SUSANNE STEINMASSL, MAXIMILIAN HEITSCH, FLORIAN KREIER
HEAD OF CODE: MAXIMILIAN HEITSCH (MOBY DIGG)
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT: SUSANNE STEINMASSL, FLORIAN KREIER
DESIGN: MAXIMILIAN HEITSCH, SUSANNE STEINMASSL
AUTHOR & MUSIC CURATION: FLORIAN KREIER
3D ANIMATION: PHYLLIS JOSEFINE, SUSANNE STEINMASSL
EXPERT INTERVIEWS: EVA NEIDLINGER
CODE: RAPHAEL HÖPS (MACHINE LEARNING CODE), TOM BAUER (MUSIC), NIKLAS MAY (MACHINE LEARNING CODE)
CONTRIBUTION MUSIC: ANGELA AUX, JOHANNES OBERAUER, DVDV, CICO BECK, BENI BRACHTEL, MARCUS GRASSL, SAM IRL, LEROY
CONTRIBUTION TEXT: MIRA MANN
EXHIBITION DESIGN: MATTHIAS KESTEL

SHOOTING CREW
PRODUCER, SCREENPLAY, DIRECTOR: SUSANNE STEINMASSL
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BEN BERNHARD
PRODUCTION DESIGNER, ART DIRECTOR: SUSANNE STEINMASSL, BEN BERNHARD
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: FLORIAN KREIER
COSTUME DESIGNER: CLAUDIA IRRO, EVA BIENERT
HAIR & MAKE UP ARTIST: SABRINA REUSCHL, VICTORIA LINDNER
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA: MAX HOFSTETTER, ZENO LEGNER, ANIAN KRONE
LIGHTING TECHNICIAN: SANDRA SCHLUND, GREGG THORNE, LEON HÖRTRICH, LILLI PONGRATZ
NUTRITION SERVICE: FLORIAN KREIER
SET ASSISTANT: SHILA RASTIZADEH
SET CONSTRUCTION: BERNY HUNT, KARL BAUER, JOHANNES OBERAUER
SET PHOTOGRAPHY: SOPHIE WANNINGER

SHOOTING CAST
ALICE WIESHOLLER • CLEO PAZMANDI • GABRIELE VON SCHLIEFFEN • KRISTINA KILIAN • LILOU HASSLER • MELA FEIGENBAUM • SHILA RASTIZADEH • SOPHIE WANNINGER • SOPHIA LINDNER • SUSANNE STEINMASSL • VICTORIA LINDNER • AARON AHRENS • LUIS LÜPS • VINZENZ LÜPS

EXPERTS
PROF. DR. HENRIK SCHARFE • PROF. DR. TOBY WALSH • DR. JAMES GIMZEWSKI • PROF. DR. JÜRGEN SCHMIDHUBER • PROF. DR. HORST OPASCHOWSKI • DR. ULRICH EBERL • PROF. DR. DIRK BAECKER • PROF. DR. LORENZ SORGNER • YVONNE HOFSTETTER • DR. TOBIAS HOLISCHKA • REINHARD KARGER

GUEST CONTRIBUTORS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, JAPAN SHOOTING: KARL KÜRTEN
MUSIC: IDENTIFIED SOUND, SIMON KARLSTETTER
TEXT: NINA REGGI, CORNELIA BREINBAUER
3D-ANIMATION: ELODENE BAKER