Consensus Gentium
Interactive Film / Karen Palmer / 2023 / 25 min / UK (English Only)
Consensus Gentium (Latin for if Everyone Believes it, it must be true) is the world's first emotionally responsive film that uses artificial intelligence and facial detection technology to navigate a branching narrative on a smartphone. Set in a dystopic surveillance state of the future, you must visit your sick Nana across the city. However, in order to do so, you are required to download the Global Citizen app. The app determines your status as a “good citizen” and grants you the ability to move more freely. While Global Citizen measures your levels of dissidence and compliance, you receive calls and messages from friends and rogue techno-activists who reveal the consequences of your choices. How will you navigate the line between compliance and dissidence in order to care for your loved ones? And at what cost?
Wed 25.10. / 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Thu 26.10. - Sun 29.10. / 11:00 - 8:00 pm