14 a 17/NOV | das 15h às 21h | Anexo CineSesc
Direction: Jimmy Yu
Country: Coreia do Sul
Year: 2025
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 14 years
Downfall of the Virtual Human is a multimedia VR work that satirically depicts the rise and fall of Mizzy, a popular virtual woman who became the target of Korea’s “Claw hand” controversy. The work explores how virtual female bodies are easily consumed, sexualized, and discarded online.
Part 1 narrates Mizzy’s creation, fame, and collapse, while Part 2 invites participants to embody future humans on a VR journey through her fragmented memories.
Mizzy’s final mechanical monologue from The Seagull echoes across time, as she survives not in erasure but as lingering data in a world shaped by digital violence.
CREDITS
Production Credits
Puppet Hospital – São Paulo
Thomas Brennan – Direction, Design, Performance
Miguel Noya – Electronic Music Composer
Gustavo Sol – Performer and Digital Dramaturg
Support Team
Paula Fernanda Monte Santo, Lara Buffa, Tori Moraes, Pedro Ayarroio
Acknowledgments
Prof. Dr. Silvia Laurentiz, Dr. Clarissa Ribeiro, Grupo Realidades
Puppet Hospital – Sweden
Thomas Brennan – Direction, Design, Performance
Miguel Noya – Electronic Music Composer
Gustavo Sol – Performer and Digital Dramaturg
Christoph Abé – Drum and Bass Composer
Robert Hyman – Opera Singer / Voice Professor
Madeleine Karlsson – Choreographer, Performer
Emilia Brown – Soprano
Elisabeth Leyser – Soprano
