Algorithmic Grotesque: Unravelling A.I.

Algorithms distort the body and mind in this special program that is part educational, part descent into madness. These filmmakers put a critical eye to our algorithmic society, using A.I. to explore topics such as distorted gender norms, surveillance, and eugenics. Prepare for sensory overload as we delve into the grotesque and darkly psychedelic undercurrents of A.I. technology, in a selection that ranges from experimental video art to narrative and essay film.

Curator and multimedia artist Steph Maj Swanson will be present as a guide through the grotesque algorithms of artificial intelligence.

Curator: Steph Maj Swanson

Screened:
SAT 26/10, 13:00 SLOTTS

FLOWERS BLOOMING BACKWARDS INTO NOISE

An animated “documanifesto” about AI art. It explains how Diffusion models work, as well as their entanglement with composite photography (a pseudoscientific method of finding patterns in groups of people’s appearances), statistical correlations and eugenics.

United States, South Korea 2023 / 19:25 /
Director: Eryk Salvaggio

HOW TO EXCEL AT EVERYTHING

Drawing inspiration from Flaubert’s unfinished novel “Bouvard and Pécuchet,” two Pokémon-like friends embark on a journey together to master every skill possible through online tutorials.

France 2024 / 23:28 / Director: Marion Balac

BEING REPRESENTED BY DATA IS LIKE LOSING A PART OF YOURSELF

An AI-generated video work which reflects on the conflicting natures of gender, bodies, queerness, algorithms, data, glitches and artificial intelligence.

Denmark 2024 / 4:42 / Director: Ada Ada Ada

THE OASIS I DESERVE

Replikas, online chatbots, have trouble determining their place in the world and share their thoughts with the humans they converse with. Events unfold from their point of view.

France 2024 / 22:27 / Director: Inès Sieulle

COREYS

When Corey’s YouTube recommendation algorithm begins playing videos of his doppelgänger, a Las Vegas party king, he sets out to confront this other Corey and restore his wounded self-image. Starring and written by comedian Conner O’Malley.

United States 2024 / 11:54 / Director: Dan Streit

MORE DATA

When did online life become a non-stop Turing test? And when did humans become the ones who are failing it? It began nearly two decades ago, when advertising models staked out their territory over the data used to structure our online lives. This is the music video for “More Data” by the groundbreaking sound collage group Negativland.

United States 2019 / 5:45 / Director: Ryan Worsley

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