A person trains. A machine steers. Together they prepare for their first cycling race. In this durational training performance, the performer follows an algorithmically generated load structure. What happens when the body no longer functions according to feeling, but according to data sets? When the decision about pace, rest and exertion is no longer made by humans – but is controlled by artificial intelligence? Every day, Ballhaus Ost becomes a training center, exhaustion becomes performance.
Martin Schnippa works as a performer, actor, artistic director and production manager for national and international film, television, advertising and theater productions, and in his work he repeatedly explores the interface between body, sport and theatricality.
