Hey! Lots going on in the world, and in the overlapping realms of social media, algorithms, and reality. “The algorithm” is more salient than ever. So, I decided it’d be a good time to rebuild What the Robot Saw. What the Robot Saw is a generative livestream that uses its own “contrarian” algorithms to continuously … Read more
Did some fun generative AI projects: “The Complete Daisy,” a throwback political ad, from a “simpler” time of negative politics… And “Crying,” a very short film for the very cool “One Off” festival by Noemata — on the theme of crying. (starts on Nov 15th): https://noemata.net/one-off
Deep Hysteria will be making its print debut in the AI AI AI exhibition at Radian Gallery, San Francisco. This’ll be my first time ever exhibiting print work.. Woo hoo! Lotsa cool work in this show! Psyched to be joining them!
If you’ll be in Linz this week, I’ve got a new paper, Deep Hysteria: Toward a Constructive Approach to Algorithmic Bias in the Expanded Animation symposium at Ars Electronica on Friday Sept 6th. Unfortunately, I have to attend this one remotely, but I’ll be Zooming in for the presentation and Q&A Friday morning. Excited about … Read more
Just a quick update: I’ll be presenting a short paper/talk on Deep Hysteria – and the concerns behind it – at the Association for the Anthropology of Consciousness conference April 9th. (I’ll unfortunately have to attend remotely). I’ll be on the panel, Art and Media at the Technology/Consciousness Nexus coordinated by Nicholas Long. Looking forward … Read more
When you’ve been at something for a long time, you start forgetting what you did all those years ago, so it’s really nice when other people remember. So, it’s a super honor that the Rhizome folks included theBot from back in 2000, in their generative art history SEED. Ramble on! -theBot
The amazing Ash Zhang has curated “Attention! Please Scan!” at Sojourner in New York. All the work in the gallery will be embodied in QR codes (among other things), and I’m honored to have Deep Hysteria included. If you’re in New York, swing by for the opening Sunday evening! https://www.sojournergallery.com/2023-7-23-group-attention-please-scan
Pdazzled that Deep Hysteria will be in xCoAx 2023 this week. The projects in the exhibition will be available online through the xCoAx website. With mental health on lots of folks’ minds this Fireworks Day, might be a good time to think about the complicated relationship between stereotypes and real mental health issues for men, … Read more
Psuper-psyched that What the Robot Saw will be in the Gaze in the Age of Technology exhibition, June 15-18 2023 at Museum 54 in NYC. Some amazing artists and curators — should be a great show!
I’ll be the speaker at the Science on Screenⓡ screening of Coded Bias Tuesday, May 23 @ 7pm. I’ll be talking about algorithmic bias in face recognition systems used in law enforcement and elsewhere. I’ll be focusing on developments over the past few years and ways we can think about and respond to them. At … Read more