Hello#
The work I do deals with how we perceive and shape the world and ourselves through technology (with a broad definition of technology). This work happens across disciplines and media. You can find more on the about page or better through the projects.
As Far as I Don't Know#
© transcript Verlag. Montage by MK.
The text »As Far as I Don't Know. Aesthetic experience as diffraction apparatus« about relations between Karen Barad's agential realism and aesthetic experiences, written in the context of the ground zero research group, has been published. The article proposes to extend agential realism to include the intentional production of the unknown, which is characteristic of objects of aesthetic experience.
»As Far as I Don't Know. Aesthetic experience as diffraction apparatus« In The Unknown in Design, Art, and Technology — Contributions to a Philosophy of Making, edited by Georg Trogemann, 181–94. Bielefeld: transcript, 2025.
neither host nor guest#
Photographer: Cheesoo Park.
A new work, the performance »neither host nor guest«, will premiere at Correlations — Forum for AI in Art & Design, from 11 - 13 December 2024 at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach/Main, on December 11.
»neither host nor guest« is an aesthetic human-AI dialog in the mode of archaic friendliness, as expressed in the Zen phrase „neither host nor guest / host and guest apparently“. There is no distinction between host and guest, between I and you, between human and AI, but a relationship of openness and indifference.
The form of archaic friendliness is simulated in a large language model (LLM) and realized through an interface of simultaneity in the interaction between human and LLM. The project seeks forms of a human-machine relationship that is less characterized by our thinking in distinctions, that aims less at control and domination by means of technology, but sees technology as part of an aesthetic existence.
Self-Driving Futures#
The essay »Self-Driving Futures« adds a perspective to the term non-machines based on the idea of »technical activity«, described by Gilbert Simondon in »On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects«. Creating open machines, which may be modified based on individual needs, can lead to a social relation between human and machine. This open and unfinished machine is defined as a »non-machine«. Creating and engaging with non-machines leads to more autonomy, agency and responsibility. The article will be published soon.
Affirmative — Reject. With and Against AI#
The article »Affirmative – Reject. With and Against AI« has been published in the book Artificial Intelligence – Intelligent Art? Human-Machine Interaction and Creative Practice. The article is related to a talk at TU Braunschweig. Various role models that artists assign to their co-creative machines are used to highlight the associated hierarchies between humans and machines. The article then focuses on the with and against AI in artistic processes and explores newly emerging possibilities, but also limitations. Reflecting on human-machine interactions against this background, but also changing them, can help us to make them more open, diverse and experimental.
Futuring Machines#
The interdisciplinary practice-based research project »Futuring Machines« has started at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, combining expertise from Art & Design, Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction. We explore the potential of large language models (LLM) as a thought-provoking tool for writing future scenarios. The paper “Futuring Machines: An Interactive Framework for Participative Futuring Through Human-AI Collaborative Speculative Fiction Writing.” is published in the Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces.
Non-machines: Playground of Perspectives#
I gave a talk at the conference »Non-machines: Playground of Perspectives« at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with the title »Self-Driving Futures«. It elaborates a definition of a non-machine based on the idea of technical activity from Gilbert Simondon. A video is available here.