Maurice Wald - Maria Paula Londoño Hejeile - Juan Felipe Fernández Medina
Neurons in the Machine // Human Intelligence Task (©MechanicalTurk) draws on parallels between the understanding of the digital in cybernetics and digital labor, and engages with the materiality of a system where the matter seemingly doesn't matter; where repetitive machine tasks are outsourced to humans. Through a collaboration with Juan Felipe Fernández and Paula Londoño from Bogotá, sharing Fernández' and Londoño's experience as full-time click-workers, the video and performance installation deals with the exploitation of "digital workers" in a platformized system of global extraction of labor.
Over the course of a three day installative streaming performance in July at the UdK Rundgang, a 24-hour click-work twitch livestream was exhibited and captured where the informational input as well as the movements and deviations of the workers were translated into the algorithmic animation of an avatar - where the capturing algorithm is not able to grasp the human behaviour behind the digital labor besides the informational input resulting in the subtle glitching presence of an ambivalence of the digital and the analogue.
For the Ars Electronica Festival 2022 the video material was installative de- and reconstructed, sculptural translated and remixed with livestream elements from Bogotá, on site click-work performances as well as talks and discussions asking us to reconsider our relationship towards the digital.
AUTHORS
Maurice Wald. I’m an artist and researcher based in Berlin. I hold a B.Sc. in Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University and am currently studying and working at the University of the Arts Berlin in the interdisciplinary M.A. Design & Computation. I participated in shows at Ars Electronica, Frankfurter Kunstverein/Offenes Haus der Kulturen and Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery. In 2020 I co-founded BNSL Studio together with Felix Ansmann. https://mauricewald.com/
Maria Paula Londoño Hejeile. Visual artists focused on the creation of digital illustrations, traditional painting and concept art. With interests in mixing traditional drawing techniques and digital illustration in new media. Student of the National University of Colombia and with autonomous studies in plastic arts and narratives.
Juan Felipe Fernández Medina. Music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. With experience in audiovisual projects and creation, art and science groups supporting audio editing and sound design. Student of the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia with an emphasis in musical composition and arrangements, graduated in music production at the Fernando Sor School of Music and Audio in 2020. https://juanfelipefmedina.wixsite.com/juanfm
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