PgYQ3KKpumFW0q3YQ0jcuw==

“PgYQ3KKpumFW0q3YQ0jcuw==” is an audiovisual, interactive installation. It highlights the influence of global internet-driven interpersonal hyperconnectivity, artificial intelligence and surveillance culture on social discourse and individual digital footprints. In times of maximum surveillance in the digital world, echo-chambers and the simultaneous radicalization of people online, the overall entity of technology is interwoven with global systems of power. The installation explores the concept of omniscience through AI - which is subtly compared to a kind of contemporary god-like creature (keyword - “dataism”), which is a current theme in technology-related contemporary philosophy. The audiovisual representation of this concept succeeds through the processing of personal data that can be found on the internet without specific access rights and the consecutive integration of this data into the installation. This data is presented in the form of generative voices and texts. The more incorrect or inaccurate the presented data is, the better the person was at maintaining their digital privacy, or the more innocuous their name or e-mail are. As the installation is an individual experience, it is different for each person and tailored to each person's data. The entry point via which this data is acquired is the provision of a name and email address when booking a timeslot on the project’s website. In addition to this information, which is presented audio-visually and in real time, videos of thematically relevant events are presented - protests about personal rights related to privacy and autonomy, videos of tech giants, environmental disasters and the consequences of climate change driven by technologies such as generative intelligence, and more.

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