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The Nightly News II by Candy Chang + James A Reeves

❝ The Nightly News is a participatory installation that invites visitors to delve into the scenes of anxiety, desire, and possibility that fill our heads each night. Devoted to the intensely private yet universal symbols delivered to us each night by forces beyond our control, The Nightly News shows us that we’re all deeply weird creatures bound together by nerves, fantasy, and the unknown. ❞ *

The Nightly News II

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2023/04/24/the-nightly-news-ii/

Jinah Roh Mater Ex Machina, 2019

‘Mater Ex Machina is a robot that learns human expressions through machine learning to embody the relationship between man and technology. Jinah Roh, an interactive media artist, used traditional sculpting techniques to create the face of the robot modelled on her own mother. The humanoid learns the audience’s facial expressions, accumulates data, and imitates these gestures to visitors. These behaviors of the bot convey an emotional warmth and empathy, expanding the potential relationship with humans.’ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/07/16/jinah-roh-mater-ex-machina-2019-mater-ex/

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John Miller Dress Rehearsal for the Revolution, 2019

❝ For Dress Rehearsal for the Revolution, Miller configured a mannequin school of rock, deadpan and frozen in a state of detached contemplation. Read together, the ensemble prompts questions about youth culture as a projection screen for hopes of societal renewal. How might one reconcile this optimism with the realities of nine-to-five conformism and corporate ownership of labor? ❞ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/07/12/john-miller-dress-rehearsal-for-the-revolution/

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❝ Science fiction, posthumanism and Afrofuturism are at the heart of Congolese artist Sandra Mujinga’s work. At Arsenale, Mujinga’s “Sentinels of Change” (2021) presents a neon green saturated environment—powerful and almost disturbing—with ghostly figures standing throughout. These human-esque forms (made from recycled materials) cast an eerie, otherworldly mood throughout the room. ❞ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/04/23/science-fiction-posthumanism-and-afrofuturism/