I’ve been working on an application with an extended project plan for quite some time, and I’m thrilled to share that Rebecca Tiger, Olle Bjerkås, and I have been granted funding and support from Svenska Postkodstiftelsen to bring our dream project, The Great Weave, to life. This interactive play marks the third and final part of the trilogy Arise Amazons! The Green Theory. Svenska Postkodstiftelsen focuses on projects that spark imagination and explore ways to create a better, more sustainable future. We’re incredibly excited to contribute to this vision!
“Our inquiry for the project:What does it mean to be human in an age shaped by AI, wars, and climate crises? And how can moral and sacred imagination guide us in weaving more just, compassionate, and livable futures?”
Hey there, fellow wanderers of the digital cosmos and this planet we call Earth!
2024, I will be diving into the depths of my creative journey with LumenMind, and I am expecting and adventurous Wild Ride of art and innovation.
Picture this: me, surrounded by the lush greenery, or snowy white, of the forest, with LumenMind perched atop my head like a crown of light. I have started to explore with this illumine device at Selva Studio’s indoor and outdoor art happenings. A DJ was spinning beats, and as the music pulsed through the trees- LumenMind synced with the rhythm, casting an ethereal glow (see image above or more on my instagram).
There’s something truly other-worldly about watching LumenMind weave its magic among the crowd. It’s like a silent storyteller, translating the language of emotions into a pulsating symphony of light and color. This little beacon of creativity perched on my head has a way of breaking down barriers and inviting people into a space of sensory interaction. It’s a reminder that art isn’t just about what you see; it’s about what you feel, what you experience, and the connections you make along the way.
LumenMind is in its beginning of being created and is a collaboration with designer Olle Bjerkås. It’s more than just a piece of technology; it’s a portal to a world of possibilities. It’s a reminder to embrace the unknown.
In my ongoing exploration, I’ve embarked on collaborations with designers and programmers to create more-than-human add-ons, gadgets, and wearables. These prototypes aim to prototype benign forms of technology, augmenting our waning human capabilities. LumenMind facilitates the tuning into and re-experiencing of our senses, prompting us to reconnect with our corporeal selves. It serves as a reminder that we are not merely beings of the mind but also of the body, where our senses are intricately interwoven with our environment.
As neural networks manifest in our nervous system, they find resonance in the reimagination within AI machines. My artwork is a testament to the exploration and practical experimentation of human-machine mirroring, envisioning a future where this symbiotic relationship births extraordinary new entities.
As I wrap up this little diary entry, I invite you to join me on this journey. Strap on a LumenMind, and let’s illuminate the world together, as pulsating light entangled in an embrace of multi-colored realities.
Me with my poster after presenting my lightning talk at the Artificial Nature Symposium at The House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark. This inspiring event was orchestrated by Elizabeth Jochum and life science/robotics artist Cody Lukas.
My talk focused on my artistic research, where I explore how humans attribute agency and project life onto objects—from ancient ritual artifacts, as studied by Durkheim and Turner, to contemporary social robots and AI agents.
Through my performances, I aim to redefine agency and collaboration within human-machine ecosystems. By activating sensory awareness and imagination, I explore how we can bridge life-as-we-know-it with life-as-it-could-be, envisioning new pathways for collaboration between humanity, AI, and the natural world.
What do you imagine these pathways could look like?
ANT brings together researchers working within the emerging areas of Artificial Life and Complex Systems, aiming to understand and synthesize life-like systems and apply bio-inspired synthetic methods to other science/engineering disciplines, including AI, Robotics, Computer Modelling, Synthetic Biology, Bio-Materials, and Bio-Architecture, among others. Sustainable development of technologically-mediated complex systems is at the core of ANT, and for this discussion, we bring a transdisciplinary group of innovators, boundary-pushing companies, and creatives in the room. The symposium creates opportunities for experts from diverse fields and sectors to come together to further our understanding of how sciences and technologies of Artificial Nature can advance human–society–nature interactions.
Swedish Artist Tove Kjellmark asked me to be a collaborator and curator for her upcoming art exhibition The Horse, The Robot, and The Immeasurable, which will open in October 2022. Tove has dedicated almost 2 years to this project, and she has 3D scanned, filmed (thermocamera), and photographed my horses on several occasions. We decided to bring my perlino-colored Akhal Teke mare Setare to the art space at Färgfabriken to see how she would interact with the space and to document this with a photographer.
Setare entered the large room with curiosity, proceeding carefully in her chic rubber boots. Her color matched the walls exquisitely, as we had painted the walls based on her shimmering silvery golden coat. As we worked with her, an idea grew that Setare would open the show, the horse initiating the horse/robot/human art lab. A ceremonial performance is also under construction, in which Setare and I will serve as a sacral link – connecting this world with the other world – to call back memories of horses that have been our dearest family members but now are dead. They keep on living through our memories of them, and if we remember them TOGETHER their presence will grow even stronger.
