Through Machine & Darkness
Video installation, 2018 –19
Projection 2.5m wide
35 minutes, looped
Programmer: Doug Neal
Scientific Advice: STScI
First exhibited as part of the LCN Showcase | Edition 5 at SPACE, London, 13–15 Sep 2018. Of Stars & Chasms, ArthouSE1, London, 1–24 Feb 2019.
The video developed as part of Phase 1 consists of image outputs taken at increments from the DCGAN’s training, which have been edited together to form a moving image work. As the video transitions, the images become more resolved, giving an insight into how the machine learns: a computer generated parallel universe comes into view. The slow, almost meditative pace of the video slows down the speed of algorithmic operations which function in fractions of seconds. The work provides an experience that oscillates between human, celestial and technological scales.