Une Saison en Métavers (A Saison in Metaverse) [2024]

“A Season in the Metaverse” plunges us into a future where artificial intelligence governs humanity. The latter, confined in the Metaverse, are no longer in physical contact, communicating and living exclusively through the screen.

Inspired by E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops and A Season in Hell, the play features Arthur Rimbaud trying to persuade the machine to let him enter the Metaverse, a place forbidden to poets and artists. Through the human voice interacting with AI, motion sensors and real-time electronics, this immersive and poetic experience highlights human singularity in the face of technological domination. A reflection on the complex relationship between humanity and technology, the piece explores themes of freedom, equality and migration. But the question remains: does humanity really have everything it needs to live happily within the Metaverse?