Dökk (‘darkness’ in Icelandic) is the new performance by fuse* and the natural evolution of Ljós (‘light’), produced in 2014 and presented at some of the most important European festivals. Dökk is about the journey of Ava - interpreted by performer Elena Annovi - throughout a sequence of digital landscapes where the perception of space and time is altered. Dökk’s scenography is designed for delivering a sense of deep interdependence between the protagonist and the world surrounding her. In order to represent this concept, a system has been created which processes real-time data from biometric and movement sensors (worn by the performer and placed on the stage) as well as data coming from social networks. These data contribute to modify the performance’s digital and sound landscapes: every time the performance is staged, the system analyzes in real-time the messages that people from all over the world share on social networks, inferring their emotional state through a sentiment analysis algorithm (the same algorithm that has been used for the installation Amygdala). These data, together with the performer’s biometric data, make the performance different every time it is staged.
