Post by Anna Faber

In the age of AI, we speak a great deal about productivity and optimisation. We speak less about the powerful, aching nights that remind us what undivided human attention feels like. Last Thursday at the Tonhalle in Zürich, personal screens were not permitted. Every gaze was on the big screen or the orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich interwoven with the Spanish flamenco musicians of the Chicuelo Quartet. Wherever you turned, there was power, on stage, on screen, and in the shared intensity that filled the hall. Blancanieves, Pablo Berger's silent, black-and-white Snow White set in the world of bullfighting, unfolded under Frank Strobel's baton with orchestra and live flamenco on stage. Carmen rose as a brave, indomitable bullfighter and Encarna progressively tightened her grip as a calculating stepmother. Both of them and many others were unforgettable, a reminder that, for all our synthetic advances, no AI model remotely matches the emotional weight a single human face can carry, or the chill of a single poisoned apple. Throughout the film, my stomach ached with emotion. Evenings like this are Human Resonance in practice: spaces where attention, empathy and moral imagination are trained, not flattened. AI should help cultural institutions reach and serve more people; it should never erode the rare places where we are fully present. Cudos to Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Frank Strobel, Chicuelo Quartet and everyone involved. Amazing work. #AIgovernance #HumanResonance #Zurich cc Alba Morera