ANONYMOUS – teh hack

In a society led by identification, traceability and transparency K&A question what it means to remain anonymous. What are the liberties that anonymity permits? How provocative can it be? Does it spread chaos or laughter? 

Back in the day the internet was a universe of anonymity, a place to experiment with identity, values, language and the creation/deconstruction of networks. Slowly taken over by commercialization and surveillance capitalism it has become a curated controlled and very identified space used by the majority. Anonymity has become an exception in society, almost criminalized. Online, it has moved out to the marges to reign over the dark web. In the pits of 4chan’s random bulletin board Anonymous was born. It has challenged beliefs and ethics, ignited chaos, promoted ideas, exposed injustices, attacked digitally individuals, companies and governments. It started out from trolling to become the misfit of activists, often just for the lulz.

Inspired by a world where trolling, disturbing content and a general bedlam rise, K&A play with the concept of anonymity, authorship and identification. The Mask is the ruler, The Mask is the speaker, The Mask is in control. Are you? Do you dare to wear The Mask? 

THE HACK invites the audience into an immersive sonic experience where they are stripped of their identity but also of their words. What does it mean to pronounce words that are not yours? What does it mean to give up control? 

Can you become a hacker? a hoaxer? a whistleblower?

Welcome to ANONYMOUS THE HACK 

Credits: 

Concept, performance & text: K&A Karla Isidorou & Alexandra Bellon

Music Composition: Alexandra Bellon 

Voices: Karla Isidorou, Gerindo Kartadinata, Alessandro Mazzieri

Music Mix: Alessandro Mazzieri

Technical advise sound set up: David Poissonnier

Reference work: 

Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman

The Hackers (podcast serie BBC): Gabriella Coleman

Immersive Sound: The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio by Agnieszka Roginska (Editor), Paul Geluso (Editor)

Masked Performance The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theater by John Emigh

Presented 21 March as part of

RöstiBrücke Symposium 2026