The "Stilt Festival near Reuth" breaks new ground in the relationship between humans and animals. At the 33rd edition of the cult festival in the border triangle of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia at the end of June, guests can have a chat with a cow called Käthe. She stands in a stable in neighboring Rothenacker and is connected to the festival via a real-time installation, as its boss Henry Schneider told us in advance.
Visitors can see and hear Käthe. She wears a cap with measuring points that are used to measure her brain waves. Beforehand, an artificial intelligence was fed everything worth knowing about cows in general and Käthe in particular. In this way, Käthe is responsive and should also respond. "She can tell you when she was born, how many calves she has had and where she comes from," said Schneider.
