Year 2016, Seoul, the newly-built Four Seasons hotel, a historical duel between the Korean Go master Lee Sedol and the computer program Alpha_Go. The human player felt huge pressure of representing the entire human kind. After his third loss to the computer program, the master confessed during the press conference:
I think that I disappointed too many of you. Forgive me for helplessness. I have never felt such pressure, such burden. I think I was too weak to overcome that.
The international performative project titled AlphaGo_Lee: The Theory of Sacrifice explores the influence of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the image of human civilization (which is more and more often referred to as “traditional”).
Creators:
direction and text: Natalia Korczakowska
digital art: Marc da Costa
animation: Marcin Kitty Kosakowski
choreography: Sung Im Her
space and costumes: Marek Adamski
light and live video: Robert Mleczko
music: Marcin Lenarczyk
production manager: Monika Balińska
stage manager: Zuzanna Prusińska
assistant director: Iga Czarny
cast: Daniel Dobosz, Ji Yoon Kang, Wiktoria Kruszczyńska, Hiroaki Murakami, Maja Pankiewicz, Marcin Pempuś, Halina Rasiakówna
Premiere 26 September 2025
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