Those that are not familiar to us, we call aliens, monsters, or outsiders. The Sirens from the Greek myth were misunderstood by fishermen and other seafarers. These two peoples did not share any conversation. Harmonium, from the Sirens of Titan, written by Kurt Vonnegut, speaks only two things: ‘Here I am’ and ‘So glad you are’. They acknowledge the other’s existence and express kind acceptance for sharing their world together through this simple conversation. Interactive technologies and AIs (Machine Learning algorithms) have helped me develop artworks that let people imagine the moment we see, accept, and try to “talk” with the unfamiliar among us. My collaborators and I have developed Machine Learning algorithms and custom interactive systems to do so. The audience-participant enters and will be welcomed by ambiguous and alluring creatures imagined by AIs. The creatures will appear, react, and talk to the audience.
Those that are not familiar to us, we call aliens, monsters, or outsiders. The Sirens from the Greek myth were misunderstood by fishermen and other seafarers. These two peoples did not share any conversation. Harmonium, from the Sirens of Titan, written by Kurt Vonnegut, speaks only two things: ‘Here I am’ and ‘So glad you are’. They acknowledge the other’s existence and express kind acceptance for sharing their world together through this simple conversation. Interactive technologies and AIs (Machine Learning algorithms) have helped me develop artworks that let people imagine the moment we see, accept, and try to “talk” with the unfamiliar among us. My collaborators and I have developed Machine Learning algorithms and custom interactive systems to do so. The audience-participant enters and will be welcomed by ambiguous and alluring creatures imagined by AIs. The creatures will appear, react, and talk to the audience.