SILICON DREAMS

Without microchips, our world would stand still: they control smartphones, vehicles, power grids, communication systems, stock exchanges and military systems. Microchips are not only technical components, but also key geopolitical factors. With SILICON DREAMS, OutOfTheBox focuses on the microchip as a global instrument of power and a driver of regional strategies for the future. Did you know that the microchip industry in East Germany has a surprisingly long history? Research into microelectronics was already being carried out in the GDR - and Saxony in particular has developed into an important center. A region that today is once again in the spotlight of the global chip industry thanks to remarkable high-tech settlements. SILICON DREAMS invites the audience on a journey between yesterday and tomorrow. In an object theater performance, documentary material meets specially developed software and hardware objects. Between historical finds and speculative scenarios, a multi-layered space is created that interweaves the past, present and future of the microchip in East Germany. The group OutOfTheBox develops speculative software and creates performative experiential spaces at the interface of theater, media art and game design and invites you to rediscover the power and magic of the microchip.

Ages 12 and up.

In German language.

Acoustic stimuli: Loud motor noises.

Duration: approx. 70 minutes.

The talk ECHOLOT: DIGITALE TRÄUME - ZWISCHEN DDR-VERGENHEIT UND HIGHTECH-ZUKUNFTwill take place on Sunday, September 14 at 4:30 pm.


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