Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules (Push 1 stop) and Tetsuji Ohno (Intercity-Express) present INFLUENCED, a new collaborative work reflecting about the increasing role technology and artificial intelligence play in the course of humanity.
The performance of 35 minutes is based on a video installation of Desbiens-Desmeules, Alter Ego.
Push 1 stop turns the technology back on itself, hacking Instagram’s API to expose an unfiltered glimpse of human activity before it is skewered by an algorithm. Images posted in real-time under popular hashtags are rearranged to take the form of AI-generated “influencer” faces. The multi-layered work invites the viewer to reflect on the extent to which humans are both intertwined with technology and manipulated by it.
Credits:
Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules [push1stop.com]
Tetsuji Ohno [intercity-express]
Programming: Mitchell Bundy
Supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Text by Jonny Tiernan. https://player.vimeo.com/video/391231403
Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, L.E.V. Festival, April 30th, 2022. Spain. Photo: Elena de la Puente
Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, Excerpt, 13 December 2019. Performance. This is Quebec, Hikarie Tokyo Japan.
Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, Mutek Japan, Tokyo, 12 December 2019.
Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, Mutek Japan, Tokyo, 12 December 2019.
Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, En Suspension, April 2nd, Switzerland. Photo: John-Felix Lehmann and Sonar+D Lisboa, April 7th, 2022. Portugal. Photo: Lais Pereira