Roman & ELIZA - Ulrike Quade Company

Theater en toneel

Can technology bring back a loved one? What if a deepfake version of a deceased person continues to speak to us? What if a deceased person continues to exist digitally?  While they find comfort in his digital presence, his family struggles with this shadow.

Inspired by the first chatbot ELIZA and the rise of grief bots and death tech, Ulrike Quade investigates how AI changes our grieving process. Can we really find comfort in AI-generated memories? How does technology influence our way of saying goodbye?

Roman & ELIZA. moving, stimulating and sometimes offering surprisingly lighthearted moments—the search for death can even evoke a smile.