Mary Shelley invented the story of Dr Frankenstein and his nameless creature on Lake Geneva 200 years ago – and established the science fiction genre in the process. Inspired by a flash of lightning, Shelley explored a period of scientific upheaval whose conflicts continue to rage to the present day: unquestioning belief in progress, the alienation between mankind and nature, and the conquest of death. Science fiction author Dietmar Dath and director Stefan Pucher have already caused a sensation with their updated production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” Their visually stunning interpretation of the Frankenstein story sees the subject in the context of today’s development of artificial life and consciousness.
