*Based on artist Ken Feingold’s work If/Then* Why did he do this? Why did he make me smart? Why did he make me ask questions? Did he realize at the time that he might give me too much? Numbers, sensors, speech, processing…How do people do it? Manage...
Can artificial intelligence “think” on the same level as human beings? That is a question that has been in debate for decades, since the development of computer programming. Although artificial intelligence started out as a scientific fascination, it has been incorporated into the area of...
So my inspiration for the following story is artist Daniel Canogar's piece Hide 2. The portrait was created by inscribing many different fingerprints ( all from different people) digitally; the prints blurred and overlapped creating only partial prints.When I looked at it, it made me think of...
"Our machines are disturbingly lively, while we ourselves are frighteningly inert." Kenneth laughs, quoting the prophecy of Donna Haraway. He wiggles his fingers limply as the cyborg pins him to the wall. "It's quite apt, don't you think?" He turns to me and grins. "Who knew...
He doesn’t understand my perspective, James thinks. He’s old, and utterly oblivious to what I want for myself! As he flips through his tattoo artist’s portfolio, James imagines how his dad will respond when the deed is done. After all, that ink would be embedded in...
With an interface that is so controlled, can there ever be something truly original? Moreso, is there something that cannot be reproduced by someone else? The hand of the artist is forever attached to the artist and is unlike any other hand and their brain unlike...
When people say the words “Virtual world” people think of the digital world that mimics our own in many ways. However, artists are now creating installations which redefine what we think of a virtual world. In the works of Jeffery Shaw, we are confronted with...
What’s the boundary between “virtual” reality and actual reality? Virtual reality’s original meaning, according to Christiane Paul in Digital Art, is “a reality that fully immersed its users in a three-dimensional world generated by a computer and allowed them an interaction with the virtual objects...
Often we go to see artwork that enlightens us about the non-statistical part of the human condition. Our emotions and relations are often popular subjects. However, Camille Utterback was commissioned to complete an artwork called Drawing from Life. This work was simple in its design and...
“Please be warned that your voice, your fingerprints, your biometrics are being scanned. You are now part of the artwork. If you don’t want that don’t come see the show!” Imagine entering a dark gallery space at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda, in Mexico City, Mexico and...