“It was a remarkable experience. The poise and wit of Rimini Protocol shading in the sound of my city.”
——Simon Stephens, Playwright
REMOTE SHANGHAI is part of an international phenomenon staged all over the world – from Moscow to New York, Milan to Bangalore. Through the playful guidance of a computer-generated voice, people who have never met before come together to explore the city from the perspective of artificial intelligence. GPS takes centre stage and transforms Shanghai into a living play field.
A synthetic voice in our headphones directs the movements of our swarm. As binaural recordings and film scores turn the cityscape into a personal film; artificial intelligence explores unknown territories, mustering human activity from a remote perspective. And yet, the voice sounds ever more human to us as we progress; while in the eyes of passers-by, our remotely-controlled horde starts to resemble a kind of alien entity.
Remote X
In Remote X, a group of 50 people set off into the city wearing headphones. They are guided by a synthetic voice - as we know them from GPS navigators. The encounter with this artificial intelligence leads the group to perform an experiment on themselves. How are joint decisions made? Who do we follow when we are guided by algorithm?
50 people watch each other, make individual decisions and yet remain always part of a group. While the artificial intelligence observes human behavior from a distance, the voice step by step sounds more familiar. Along the way, binaural recordings and film scores provide a soundtrack for the urban landscape. The journey through the city feels more and more like a collective film.
Remote X questions artificial intelligence, big data and our predictability. As the project tours from city to city, each new site-specific version builds upon the dramaturgy of the previous city.
Rimini Protokoll
Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel form a team of author-directors since 2000. Their works in the realm of theater, sound and radio plays, film and installation emerge in constellations of two or three and solo as well. Since 2002, all their works have been written collectively under the label Rimini Protokoll. At the focus of their work is the continuous development of the tools of the theater to allow unusual perspectives on our reality.
For example, Haug/Kaegi/Wetzel have declared a Daimler Shareholder Meeting to be a piece of theater or staged 100 % Stadt (100 % City) with 100 statistically representative residents of cities like Berlin, Zurich, London, Melbourne, Copenhagen, or San Diego. In Berlin and Dresden, they developed accessible Stasi installations/sound plays in which the observation protocols could be listened to on android smartphones. In Hamburg they staged "Weltklimakonferenz - a simulation of the UN Conference on climate change. Last created is the tetralogy 'Staat 1-4' with a focus on post-democratic phenomena.
They have been awarded the NRW Impulse Preis for Shooting Bourbaki (2003); Deadline (2004), Wallenstein – eine dokumentarische Inszenierung (2006) and Situation Rooms (2014) were invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen. Schwarzenbergplatz was nominated for the Austrian theater prize Nestroy in 2005. Mnemopark was awarded the Jury Prize at the festival “Politik im freien Theater” in Berlin in 2005, and in 2007 Karl Marx: Das Kapital. Erster Band (Haug / Wetzel) won both the audience prize at Festival Stücke 2007 and the Mülheimer Dramatiker Preis that same year.
In November 2007, they were awarded a special prize at the Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust, in April 2008 they were awarded the European Theatre Prize for the category “new realities.” In 2008, they were awarded the Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden for Karl Marx: Das Kapital, Erster Band (Peymannbeschimpfung was also nominated).
Rimini Protokoll was awarded the Faust Theatre Prize in 2007, the European Prize for New Theatre Forms in 2008 and in 2011 the silver lion of the Biennale for Performing Arts in Venice. The multi-player video-installation "Situation Rooms" about the weapon-industry received the Excellence Award of the 17th Japan Media Festival. In 2014, Helgard Haug und Daniel Wetzel were awarded the "Deutscher Hörspielpreis der ARD" and received the "Deutscher Hörbuchpreis der ARD" in 2015. And in 2015 Stefan Kaegi and Rimini Protokoll got the Grand Prix Theater/Hans-Reinhart-Ring.
Rimini Protokoll is based at HAU, Berlin, since 2003.
Cargo of Rimini Protokoll is invited by German Pavilion in the 2010 World EXPO Shanghai, what is the first time Rimini Protokoll to Shanghai.
Selected productions: 100 %, Cargo ect.
Awards:Silver Lion of the 41st Biennale of Venice, Excellence Award of the 17th Japan Media Festival, Swiss Grand Prix of Theatre ect.
RIMINI PROTOKOLL
REMOTE SHANGHAI
《遙感城市》（上海篇）
The FIRST TIME in Mainland China
Chinese version：
8 OCT- 4 NOV,2018
(every Monday off)
English version:
9 OCT- 4 NOV,2018
(every Monday off)
Start point:
Gate 3 of Longhua Martyrs’ Memorial Hall(No.1155 Tianyaoqiao Road,Xuihui District )
Price:
RMB150 on Tuesday – Friday;
RMB200 on Saturday– Sunday
Booking:
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Important Reminders:
1. Audience should arrive at the start point at 13:45. The show will start punctually. The latecomer may not be.
2. The performance will start and end at different locations, thus we recommend you take public transportation to the starting point.
3. While participating in the Production, you will be required to walk through central Xuhui District , and will be responsible for your own safety when on the streets. You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations and will obey all traffic and pedestrian signals and signage. You will exercise due care when travelling around the city and will remain aware of your surroundings at all times and understand that the Producers accept no responsibility for risks outside of our control.
4. We ask audience to leave a credit card, passport ,driver’s licence , Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao or Mainland travel permit for Taiwan residents for loan of the audio equipment (returned at the end of the performance).
5. Calling and recording are not permitted. Live show is strictly prohibited.
6. You have no health condition that could adversely affect or preclude your participation in the Production. Please note the production requires a moderate degree of fitness to walk for around 120 minutes with some steps and slopes en route. We recommend you travel light and be prepared for changes in the weather. You may wish to bring a small bottle of water.
7.. Bilingual version (Chinese and English) of “Remote Shanghai” is available for shows on 8 Oct- 4 Nov. The audience may choose a preferred language from different channels. Please confirm the language Sessions shown on the ticket and onsite ticket exchange will not be accepted.
Guidanced by Xuhui District Bureau of Cultural, Shanghai
Remote Shanghai co-produced by Rimini Protokoll(Stefan Kaegi/ Anton Rose) and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre.
Supported by International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital of China welfare institute (IPMCH),Shanghai Xujiahui Center(Group) Co.,Ltd ,Grand Gateway 66,Property management office of Huiyin Square,Longhua Martyrs’ Memorial Hall、Longhua Temple.
Executive Producer: Yang Shaolin
Artistic Director: Lv Liang
Supervisor: Tian Shui
Producer: Ray Liu
Concept, and Director: Stefan Kaegi
Researcher【Shanghai】:Stefan Kaegi
and Director【Shanghai】: Anton Rose
Assistant Director: Wang Haiying
Sound Design Concept: Nikolas Neecke
Sound Design【Shanghai】:Peter Breitenbach,Tobias Koch
Dramaturgy: Aljoscha Begrich
Project Manager: Caroline Gentz,Epona Hamdan
Director Assistant, Interpreter: Qian Lin
Technical Manager: Ray Liu
Setting Supervisor: Zhao Ming
Stage Manager: Qiu Yifu
Shepherd:Nie Jing,Zhang Dingchen,Nie Ying
Marketing & PR Manager:Evonne Zheng
“Remote X”is a production of Rimini Apparat.
In coproduction with HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin,Maria Matos Teatro Municipal and Goethe-Institute Portugal,Festival Theaterformen Hannover/Braunschweig,Festival d’Avignon，Zürcher Theatre Spektakel,Kaserne Basel.
Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund Berlin and by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater Kanton Basel-Stadt.A House on Fire coproduction with the support of the Cultural Program of the European Union.
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