Hypothetical Machines

A machine which continuously takes a digital image of the surrounding space and reads it out loud, byte by byte with the help of an ASCII table and speech synthesis.

The Optimize machine is outfitted with an “activity tracker”, an electronic device that generates data from the machine’s motions, displaying calorie consumption. The tracker data is used for a soundscape.

One year long every day a new video with animatronics and postings tagged with #me. identity construction through  social media #me mimicks the conditions of social media. This work does not answer the multiplicity of identities, but takes up everything in its infinite soliloquy. Animatronics recite content from social network platforms, hinting at the role…