EVENTS

This performance is presented in partnership with Lehigh University’s libraries.

Take on the role of Alice and make your way through the looking glass and into the world of (mis)information. Exploring the intersectionality of artificial intelligence and performance, this project reimagines the whimsical Alice in Wonderland as a deep dive into a digital rabbit hole. As you journey throughout the Linderman Library you will encounter familiar and new characters facing AI-inspired challenges that evoke contemporary issues around data ethics, algorithmic bias, and human-machine interaction. This extremely interactive performance seeks to provoke dialogue about technology’s evolving role in society while celebrating the power of imagination, critical thinking, and collaboration in navigating this new digital landscape.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This is a “drop in,” walk-through experience with scenes spread throughout Linderman Library; no tickets necessary, but check in at the library’s front desk when you arrive! Audience members should prepare to spend about 30-45 minutes to experience the full performance, and can arrive at any point between 7 and 8:30pm. Each of the five scenes are 5-10 minutes in length and run on a loop for the two hours, so you will have to brave your way through the library to make sure you see them all! Additionally, Alice in Informationland is highly interactive. You will be encouraged to engage and converse with many of the wacky characters you encounter throughout your journey.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: Touchstone strives to create an environment where all members of our community feel welcome. Please contact (610) 867-1689 or via email at touchstone@touchstone.org to request accessibility accommodations in advance.

PRE/POST PERFORMANCE: Discover Informationland: The Past and Future of Libraries, now on view in Linderman Library. Inspired by this fall’s collaborative event Alice in Informationland, the new Special Collections exhibit traces libraries’ role from clay tablets to AI, showcasing how librarians have preserved knowledge, guided discovery, and built community across centuries. Explore rare government records, Lehigh archives, and media formats old and new. Visit through December, or continue your journey online with storymaps and timelines celebrating the ingenuity of libraries and the people behind them.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs and/or video may be captured at this event. By attending this event, you understand and agree that your likeness may appear in photos and/or video taken during the event.

This performance is sponsored by the “Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries.”

[Image description: An AI generated image of a college aged girl, presumably Alice from “Alice in Wonderland”, is floating in the midst of a digital wormhole. She wears ripped jeans, a jacket covered in patches, converse, a beanie, glasses, and is pointing to something floating in front of her in wonder. Alongside her is an anthropomorphic white rabbit in coat and vet. He is reaching out to Alice as though trying to stop her from getting distracted on their journey. The wormhole they float in is comprised of data – logos and bits, words and bytes, graphics of all kinds swirling into oblivion.]