A PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE ONLINE AND THE OFFLINE

Precursing

When: June 8, Saturday
Time: 19:00
Place: Tellagorri Square
Free. No need of prior registration.

The performance Precursing by Nina Davies explores the generalized movements of NPCs (Non Playable Characters) that mimic humans in digital environments, more specifically in the universe of video games. Nowadays, most autonomous cars with Artificial Intelligence are trained with video games in which they interact and become accustomed to the movements of these characters. The British artist places us in a near future where humans begin to mimic, through precursing, the behavior of NPCs to avoid being run over. It’s a sort of “meta metarepresentation” of our own movements.

Come and imitate them!

NINA DAVIES

Born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1991, Nina Davies lives and works in London. She graduated in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins and holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University of London. She works primarily with video, performance, writing, and installations, focusing on studying current phenomena of dance in relation to sociotechnical environments. Her work has recently been exhibited at Matt’s Gallery (London), Transmediale, AdK (Berlin), Seventeen (London), Pradiauto (Madrid), or Camden Arts Centre (London). Her work has been selected to participate in Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, Circa x Dazed Class of 2022, and Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. In 2021, she co-founded Future Artefacts FM with artist Niamh Schmidtke, and in 2023, they produced a miniseries for the online program The Couch by Het HEM. Among the recognitions received are the Almacantar Studio Award or the Goldsmiths Junior Fellowship from Goldsmith University in 2022 and the New Contemporaries in 2023.