In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, prisoners chained to a wall perceive only shadows—and mistake them for reality. We extend this concept in our piece Plato's [Al]legory of the Cave, an interactive installation featuring an LLM-controlled character who exists only as a shadow. The piece begins dark. A physical light switch invites interaction; flipping it on illuminates the stage and awakens the shadow man. His singular goal is to turn off the light that defines his existence. Humans place objects in his path—blocks, frames, and stairs—to obstruct him. He kicks, pushes, sometimes gives up, then begins again. The cycle repeats as he discovers changes to his world that he cannot comprehend.
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