Emotions, vulnerability, love are reclassified as program malfunctions. In a world permeated by technology, our bodies have become malleable and optimizable. Everything is loading, there is no end to the upgrades in sight.

On stage, a human being is dismantled, fixed and rewired. They are in a constant state of repair. But there is a deep pain, too, that resists every update. Digital avatars are taking over, reality is reconstituted by systems that promise perfection. Yet, after every improvement, the heart sends notice. The last fragment of humanity. It gets louder. Until it is replaced as well.

«still loading» by Maria Milisavljević paints a character who tries to keep up with this world — and breaks down in the process. It explores the tension between technological perfection and life‘s resistance. It is both science fiction and emotional experience: a high-tech solo performance between anger, dark humor, and great tenderness towards one‘s own existence, initiated by small dissociations in the human-machine relationship. System failure is imminent.

«still loading» does not consider which future we want to create, but what this future does to us. What remains of humanity when everything becomes replaceable? How do augmented bodies, brain interfaces, and bionic implants affect our lives? And what happens if we just decide to skip this update?