Teaser


Humans are increasingly analyzed and shaped by algorithms that prioritize basic emotional states, like happiness. Surveillance systems track our movements and expressions to fit within predefined patterns. Treated as “shapeless data storages’’- BLOBs (Binary Large Objects), our bodies are defined by the data we generate or lack. Stripped from our individual complexity, we are simplified to recognizable forms, leaving only the most basic expressive features.

In this installation, a pose recognition system monitors the sculpture, feeding it water to keep it malleable as long as the form is recognized. Shaped into a "happy" pose to fit the algorithmic framework, the clay represents how we are sculpted by data flows; caught between bewcoming and being. Once the pose is recognized, a feedback mechanism activates, keeping the clay malleable and alive. However, with each moment of validation, the sculpture risks being over-watered, losing it’s adabtability.  As the algorithm continues its gaze, it determines whether the human figure remains intact or eventually crumbles away, returning back to soil.