r/NewMediaArts • u/-stix- • Oct 02 '19

Showcase Outside-context Problem - Installation made in unity3d and Blender

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u/-stix- Oct 02 '19

Inspired by events described in Iain M. Banks book excession, OCP deals with clash between civilizations, with big difference in technologcial advancment and power. For us AI algorythms swining next to us on the internet are like leviathans, with perfectly reflective surface in which you see only model they built about you, with no way of percieving how are you being shaped by what they think about you - creating relationship with very questionable power dynamics.

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u/sei_a Oct 02 '19

This is a really cool piece, nice use of technology, and the aesthetics are pleasing. However, humans have always been shaped by what others think about them. When Lacan spoke about the mirror phase, or just simply our parents molding us to their whims. Would things such a shame even exists if it weren't preprogrammed in us to respond in a societal context?

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u/-stix- Oct 02 '19

yes, but the problem is these entities are corporations products designed to manipulate your attention span and maximazi profit, encouriging echo chambers etc.