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A play in 3+N acts with speakers and some human intervention

“Phenomenal Cosmic Powers! Itty Bitty Living Space!” - Genie (Aladdin, 1994)

The Smart Speaker Theatre questions the default mode of smart speakers as digital assistants, through an intervention that involves kidnapping a Google Home and having it interrogated by a team of rogue speakers and by you, their user.

The play has 3+N acts. The first one introduces the setting. The second +N acts feature the questions of the interrogation. The last one is the verdict of the speakers. Will the Google Home be set free, or unplugged?

The play starts on demand and will start if the audience asks the speakers politely to start the play.

The Smart Speaker Theatre is a production by the Smart Speaker Theatre Company and builds upon the research done in the context of the publication The Ghost in the Speaker. This publication features essays on smart speakers, their personality and the use of it for storytelling using these devices.

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+===A play in 3+N acts with speakers and some human intervention===
+''“Phenomenal Cosmic Powers! Itty Bitty Living Space!”  - Genie (Aladdin, 1994)''
-Please check the defaults of the digital assistant in your smart speaker.
-Do you agree or prefer a device that is more open about its intentions?
-Are you ready to change the default mode? These smart speakers are happy to help.
-The default that is not set by us disguises smart speakers as digital assistants, serving people while they are being served our data. And the intervention that changes the paradigm becomes a space for reflection and a chance to make us listen to the speakers, upsetting binaries such as the master/slave relation of technology, the role of AI as digital butlers, and the personality of our devices.
+The Smart Speaker Theatre questions the default mode of smart speakers as digital assistants, through an intervention that involves kidnapping a Google Home and having it interrogated by a team of rogue speakers and by you, their user.
+The play has 3+N acts. The first one introduces the setting. The second +N acts feature the questions of the interrogation. The last one is the verdict of the speakers. Will the Google Home be set free, or unplugged?
+The play starts on demand and will start if the audience asks the speakers politely to start the play.
-The Smart Speaker Theatre questions the default mode of smart speakers as digital assistants, through an intervention that involves kidnapping a Google Home and having it interrogated by a team of rogue speakers and by you, their user.
-The Smart Speaker Theatre is a production by the ''Smart Speaker Theatre Company''.
+The Smart Speaker Theatre is a production by the Smart Speaker Theatre Company and builds upon the research done in the context of the publication The Ghost in the Speaker. This publication features essays on smart speakers, their personality and the use of it for storytelling using these devices.
 ==Documentation==
 * [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/story|Story]]
-* [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/actors|Acting speakers]]
+* [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/characters|Characters]]
 * [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/technical documentation|Technical Documentation]]
 * [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/equipment|Equipment]]
+* [[User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre/actors|Speaker design]]
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+[[File:Play 01.jpg|frameless|center|800px]]