Une lecture intra-active des dramaturgies robotiques

Abstract

This article mobilises the theory of agential realism especially the notion of “intra-action” developed by American feminist physicist Karen Barad, to produce a reading of the intricacies between human and robotic cultures in theatre and performance. Although robotic imaginations and their underpinning ideologies, values and ideas first created a dichotomous relation between humans and robots, Julie-Michèle Morin proposes to focus not on the production of differences between human and non-human creatures, but on the intricate relations between nature, culture, and technologies, and their onstage materialisation. Drawing on two plays, Actor #1 (Kris Verdonck) and Sayonara (Oriza Hirata), she examines how human beings and robots are mutually constituted while reflecting on theatre as a means to question, criticise, or diversify the normativity of robotic imaginations.