CyberIdentity

Corpus Matter is a series of Gan portraiture which attempt to capture the essence and possibilities of Digital ghostly non existences. Rather not a question of how we might become post human, but how we might become Human. Proudly tangled,  successfully superimposed. 

Process work included at the exit of the space. 

A series of Gan portraiture which attempt to capture the essence and possibilities of Digital ghostly non existences. Rather not a question of how we might become post human, but how we might become Human. Proudly tangled,  successfully superimposed. 

// Images entangled through neural pattern finding // 

Discussing the relationship between people and digital version of self, The avatar is like oneself in the mirror, similar yet unfamiliar.
The avatar animation correspond with the real person in the video, giving a glance from virtual perspective to real life. 

Discussing the relationship between people and digital version of self, The avatar is like oneself in the mirror, similar yet unfamiliar.
When looking at the avatar of yourself, how do you feel?
Is this the same person who you really are? Or...? 

Discussing the relationship between people and digital version of self, The avatar is like oneself in the mirror, similar yet unfamiliar.
The avatar animation correspond with the real person in the video, giving a glance from virtual perspective to real life. 

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Using algorithms we can simulate the collective movement of complex living systems. From crowds of people to flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual level. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

Using algorithms we can simulate the collective movement of complex living systems. From crowds of people to flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual level. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

Using algorithm we can simulate the collective movement of living systems. From ant colonies and schools of fish, to crowds of people and flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual scale. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

Using algorithms we can simulate the collective movement of complex living systems. From crowds of people to flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual level. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

An avatar’s purpose is to be a digital representation of ourselves for simulated communication. This representation is clouded by our subjective bias in how we want to be perceived instead of who we truly are. When we see an avatar, we don’t necessarily view it as a robot nor an actual person either. This raises questions: What do you think about the avatar? Will you have self identity to the avatar? What’s the relationship between you and your avatar (if you have one)?

Spurred by this line of enquiry, I made an installation that enables the viewer to see the digital version of themselves. This is composed of a mirror, which isn’t really a mirror, but is in fact a screen on the wall. When the viewer looks at this “mirror”, they see the CGI version of themselves, their automatic avatars. At this moment, the viewer’s response to seeing their avatar could provide some unique insight towards our relationship with avatars. For the online presentation, there is footage of the audience viewing the mirror installations with an accompanying 3D animation. This situation of inverting the subject with the self provokes oscillating loops of thought, like mirrors, when we are faced with our personal mimics.

Using algorithms we can simulate the collective movement of complex living systems. From crowds of people to flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual level. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

Using algorithms we can simulate the collective movement of complex living systems. From crowds of people to flocks of birds - each display emergent patterns of organization at a macro scale, while following relatively simple rules on the individual level. Some living systems preform better at the macro scale than others, but this comes at the cost of their individuality ----- pigeons it seems have adapted to urban life better than us. They have an ability to both function as a flock (distributing food evenly, zoning out the city blocks, flying in unison) and have a sense of individuality (mate for life, care for children, explore alone).  

10 minute overview of the inquiry that runs throughout Corpus Matter. 

Amnesiac presence amidst fleshy blood pumping beings. Systematic, rhythmic, forward facing chronos following. A to b, b never to A. Circuits of unfixed energy composing  and decomposing under self imposed translucent veils. 

What is to be of matter, what is to be of flesh when one denies the inclosure of oneself and owns up to their “virtual particle built self “? Virtuality as a game we collectively play with no presence within the metaphysical presence, but one that perhaps holds a representation/ an aesthetic more real than the real. 

Corpus Matter is a series of Gan portraiture which attempt to capture the essence and possibilities of Digital ghostly non existences. Rather not a question of how we might become post human, but how we might become Human. Proudly tangled,  successfully superimposed.

When we look in the mirror, we only see a flattened perspective of ourselves. This reflection only tells us so much about ourselves so in response to this uncertainty, we often rely on others to tell us who we are, providing a more standardised training set, which we believe to be more objective as opposed to our own clouded subjectivities. We then reassess our self-image, informed by the judgement of others and confuse it as the true self. We aim to control our self-image, but we cannot control the unconscious part of our psyche, being inseparable from our nature. We use our self-image to assemble AI which mirrors our gestures because we believe it to be more controllable. For the AI, humans are god because they are made in our image. This moving-image piece is a meditation on resisting the mind’s urge to control. Perhaps by relinquishing control, we would be able to access our true selves and assemble AI true to itself, not a mirror of our gestures and subsequent minds.

Who are you through the lens of an AI? Do your drawn-up categories define you? Walk through the steps of a neural network as it begins to deconstruct and then reconstruct an individual's identity, removing their autonomy of self characterisation as well as freedom of expression. This installation hopes to personify the process of a neural network working to generate a subject's new persona based on the information at its disposal, walk through each room as what makes them unique is stripped.