The one-minute experimental video explores the tension between human and artificial intelligence. The starting point is the question of the direction of convergence: are humans trying to imitate the logic, precision and efficiency of silicon-based circuits – or is it a possible future theory-of-mind intelligence that studies human emotions, affects and subtle impulses in order to integrate them into its own repertoire?
The work is situated within a tradition of media art that deals with hybrid subjectivities. Similar to Donna Haraway's reflections (A Cyborg Manifesto), the clear distinction between ‘human’ and ‘machine’ is questioned. Rather, a zone of interpenetration emerges in which the categories of body, consciousness and technology are in constant flux.
The definition and self-image of humanity is no longer bound solely to biological or emotional markers, but is being reconstituted in interaction with algorithmic processes. This reconstitution is characterised by ambivalence – between rationality and emotionality, between control and unpredictability, between projection and reflection.
The form of the video – fragmentary, condensed, without a linear narrative – corresponds to this precarious situation. It rejects the clarity often associated with narratives of technological progress and instead opens up a field of irritation. This aesthetic experience reveals that the debate surrounding artificial intelligence is not only a technological or social challenge, but also always a mirror for human self-understanding.
In the spirit of posthumanism, the question is therefore not whether ‘humans’ or ‘machines’ imitate. Rather, a space of possibility becomes tangible in which both concepts lose their clarity and new hybrid forms of subjectivity, affectivity and intelligence can be imagined. The video thus sees itself as an artistic experiment – a tentative exploration of those border areas where the human and the non-human become indistinguishable.
