Feel.Back.Loop

Ghazal Hosseini (IR)

Ghazal Hosseini is a New Media artist with a background in computer science. She is currently studying a Master of Arts in the Interface Cultures program at the University of Arts Linz, focusing on HCI, XR, and biosensors. Her research explores affective computing and emotionally intelligent machines, addressing how technology shapes reality and co-evolves with human culture. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Ars Electronica (Linz) and Amber Network Festival (Berlin).

An Emotionally Intelligent Machine

“Feel.Back.Loop” is a robotic tail that explores how machines can learn, interpret, and respond to human emotion. Through affective computing and reinforcement learning, it develops an evolving mutual language—using human facial expression as feedback—to communicate emotionally through movement. The work reflects on human–AI interaction, questioning how establishing a bond with intelligent agents may reshape our emotional norms, sense of connection, social expectations, and cultural perception.