Influenced by Push 1 stop, Intercity-Express, Excerpt, 13 December 2019. Performance. This is Quebec, Hikarie Tokyo Japan. Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules (Push 1 stop) and Tetsuji Ohno (Intercity-Express) present INFLUENCED, a new collaborative work reflecting about the increasing role technology and artificial intelligence play in the course of humanity. The performance of 35 minutes is based on a video installation of Desbiens-Desmeules, Alter Ego. http://push1stop.com/alter-ego/ Push 1 stop turns the technology back on itself, hacking Instagram’s API to expose an unfiltered glimpse of human activity before it is skewered by an algorithm. Images posted in real-time under popular hashtags are rearranged to take the form of AI-generated “influencer” faces. The multi-layered work invites the viewer to reflect on the extent to which humans are both intertwined with technology and manipulated by it. Credits: Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules [push1stop.com] Tetsuji Ohno [intercity-express] Programming: Mitchell Bundy Supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
