Parzival is one of the most important literary works of the Middle Ages. The story of the knight Parzival gives an insight into the courtly world of the Middle Ages, the knights' code of honor and their relationship to love.
The video game is configured for two players with a motion capture interface and artificial intelligence, based on the story of Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach. It focuses on a constant motion conversation between an artificially intelligent being and the players.
Through empathy and communication, the two will pass through different levels together. Two dancers are equipped with sensors and positioned in separate “playing fields”. The dancers move in parallel and interact with the projection and sound that they and their partner create through their movements. In the end, these two players will come together in the classic magpie parable. In the medieval context, the magpie appears as an allegory of the impossible, as a union of irreconcilable opposites.

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