This live-action motion capture performance explores the beginning of consciousness, a being of pure logic thrust into the messy realm of human emotion. When the robot, driven by a childlike curiosity sparked by a balloon, begins to question its existence, a conflict starts with its creator. Through the power of motion capture, we witness the robot's struggle for identity and its ultimate battle with the constraints of its programming. However, the performance ends in an unexpected act of empathy, as the robot, recognizing the creator's own need for childhood wonder, offers the balloon to him as a gesture of understanding and forgiveness. This is not a story of man versus machine, but an exploration of the human condition, a testament to the power of empathy, and the capacity for connection and understanding to always prevail.
