Contemporary Bestiaries
Bourgondisch Breda
2022 - ongoing
2025 - 2026
2019 - ongoing
2024
2020
2019
BIJ/NA, Amphi, Noctua & Vespula
BIJ/NA is een residency project waarin vier kersvers afgestudeerde kunstenaars samenkomen met drie ervaren kunstenaars. Allemaal zijn ze afgestudeerd aan St. Joost School of Art & Design en gaan ze gezamenlijk werken. Het dynamische proces in een niet- hiërarchische structuur en samen werken staan centraal. Puck Kroon, Floor Snels en Marc Elisabeth, Noor Boiten, Maxim Ventulé, Roos Keetels en Lucy Schreurs de kunstenaars van BIJ/NA 2023.
It is becoming more common for our behavior and emotions to be monitored online with the use of artificial intelligence facial recognition software. This is being done for a multitude of reasons, ranging from monitoring consumers' buying habits to controlling and censoring political opinion or opposition.
But what we found intriguing about this software is that it recognizes and quantifies human emotion. It is because we can train AI models to give meaning to emotions of happiness, anger, or sadness, that these facial recognition models can be used for capitalist or political purposes, and we can give value to human emotion.
We wondered what would happen if we fantasized about a similar technique employed on insects, instead of humans. If we were to be able to get as close to the faces of insects as we can to human faces, could we deduct emotions from their facial expressions? And if we could, would this allow us to form an emotional connection with these entities? These questions have shaped the initial, and ongoing research of this project.
Video-installatie tentoongesteld tijdens residentie en expositieperiode BIJ/NA in de Stadgallerij , Breda
16.09.2023-01.10.2024