Concept, story, direction: Choy Ka Fai / Game, visual design: ling ling chat / Game programming: vladstorm / Visual asset management: VV / Sound design: YPC / Motion capture performance: dondon / Dramatised gameplay guest performance: AiSkriem / Heritage consultation: Sheng Xian Tai Zi Gong (Puli Township, Taiwan) / Creative project management: momo, Jéssica Nakazima (supported by Next Stage, European Union (Creative Europe Programme))
Choy Ka Fai / HAU
The Third Prince – Let's play
- Dialogue
- Game
English /
approx. 120 mins.
“The Third Prince” takes you to a future in which an android shaman rediscovers ancient spiritual wisdom in Taiwan. The computer game combines shamanism, East Asian cosmologies and political stories of resistance.
The year 2096: On the island of Formosa (Taiwan), where an entire generation has forgotten how to communicate with their gods, an android shaman is born with a noble mission. Her purpose is to rediscover and decipher ancient wisdom, rekindling the lost connection and invoking the presence of the “third prince,” a synonym for the androgynous Chinese deity Nezha. Her incarnations manifest themselves in different contexts in Taiwan and China. During her journey, she reconnects with the supernatural.
“The Third Prince” invites you into the world of shamanism and explores the cosmologies of Eastern Asia. The computer game unfolds in a variety of scenarios and attempts to uncover political histories of resistance and rediscover little-known supernatural practices. It speculates on a future concept of freedom characterised by technology, geopolitics and an ethics of governance.
The game will be presented on 9 and 10 April.
Programme:
1. Introduction and insight into the project research with Choy Ka Fai
2. “Let's Play” with performer AiSkriem
3. Discussion between Choy Ka Fai and Nora Wölfling
4. Opportunity for the audience to play
Cast
Dates
- Current
- Past
Notes:
Game afterwards available in the HAUthek until 31 May
Credits
Production: Choy Ka Fai, HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: German Federal Cultural Foundation with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the frame of “Spy on Me #5”, a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by: tanzhaus nrw, Taipei Arts Festival, Singapore Art Museum.
Location
HAU4
Digital StageHAU’s digital stage
