Shakespeare-Automat

The foundation of this intermedial, interactive automat is Shakespeare‘s 66th sonnet. A 400 years old text about hopelessness, excessive demands, political weariness and the state of physical and psychological inertia. Well, thank you very much.

Still, these timeless verses are fascinating. They manage to verbalize familiar feelings and show ways out of disorientation.

But how does the sonnet change when we tell it in a non-linear way? Do we now no longer understand anything, or do associations arise that enable us all the more to grasp the content? What happens when old, supposedly elitist texts meet current viewing habits?

Minimal attention span versus binge watching. In the SHAKESPEARE-AUTOMAT, users can playfully determine the language, the situation, and the character with the help of 27 videos and thus decide which version of the sonnet they get to see. Right is what is fun.

Cast

Tomasz Robak