A New York Times Monday, Sept. 30, theater review by Jesse Green —
"… a story, set in 'the very near future,' in which computer-mediated
interactions — predictive chatbots, large language models, generative
intelligence — are pitted against their analog forebears. What creative
opportunities does such technology afford the artist? What human
opportunities does it squander? Forget the sword: It’s the pen vs. the pixel.
I’m afraid, alas, the pixel wins, because the play, which opened on Monday,
in a stylish Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Bartlett Sher,
works only as provocation."
"… the sets (by Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton) and the projections
(by Barton) — along with Sher’s typically expressive manipulation
of them — are the production’s most successfully integrated elements,
especially the squircle panels, pop-up rooms and torrential digital imagery."
Squircle-related imagery —
From a Facebook reel by Sara Aiello Studio
(Excerpted as "The See Saw" in Log24 on Oct. 1, 2024) —
