Top Secret International (State 1)

Top Secret International (State 1) is an immersive installation piece in which audiences explore the Brooklyn Museum‘s Egyptian wing. There, during museum hours as other people visit the galleries, audience members uncover international intelligence networks. Where will their mission take them? Who can be trusted? And what happens when the game is over? Is it a game?

This algorithmic-based interactive theater experience is the product of Rimini Protokoll, a group of three theater makers: Helgard Kim Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel, who have been working collaboratively since 2000. Their groundbreaking stage productions, sound and radio plays, films, and installations deal with the theatrical elements of our reality, placing experts instead of actors at the center. Top Secret International (State 1) is co-initiated by the Goethe-Institut as part of the two-year interdisciplinary project Sensitive Data, a collaboration between the Goethe-Institut, Germany’s Federal Agency for Civic Education, Münchner Kammerspiele, and Bard College.

Note: Audience members will be required to leave an ID as a safety deposit in exchange for a technical device prior to entering Top Secret International (State 1).