A kinetic installation that previously spent 100 hours machine learning and attempting to maximize the attention of the viewers of an online video-chat platform by changing its own movement. The aim of the work is to raise the question: how anthropomorphic is this behavior, both in practice, and as the gesture of an unnecessary, self-deluding effort? Given that machine learning in this shape and form could never find an optimal solution, the work of the machine is unnecessary.
Beep-boop
by
Viktor Varga
The Budapest-based artist graduated in fine art photography and later in media design. Although most of his projects are realized through complex combinations of mediums–including computer code–photography often serves as a foundational framework for Viktor’s creative thinking. Recurring themes include the presence, reduction, absence, and decodability of information, as well as the nature and perception of time. The artist’s work blurs the boundaries between personal, human-focused subjects and ideas rooted in medium theory.
