AI Séance <> Art/Tech Performance with artist Avital Meshi
AI Séance is a live, interactive performance where an AI wearable device transforms the artist into a spiritual medium. This captivating experience merges technology and mysticism, inviting participants to explore the boundaries of the digital and the spiritual.
Participants, ready to invite a spirit into the space, gather in a close circle, holding lights to create a connected and intimate atmosphere. Together, they agree on specific spirits to summon. The artist, equipped with the AI wearable device, initiates the séance, calling forth the chosen figures with the hope of making a connection. Participants are encouraged to engage by asking questions. The AI wearable, acting as a conduit, facilitates this unique communication, allowing participants an expanded conversation to unfold in real-time.
This performance explores the intersection of human belief, technological advancement, and artistic performance, offering an immersive journey into the unknown.
Avital Meshi is a new media and performance artist exploring the impact of AI on human identity and sociality. Meshi invites viewers to become entangled with AI algorithms, reclaim agency, and spark discussions on identity transformation. Meshi is a PhD student in Performance Studies and Science and Technology Studies at UC Davis. She holds an MFA from UC Santa Cruz’s Digital Arts and New Media program and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also holds an MSc and a BSc in Behavioral Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Meshi’s work has been exhibited widely, including a solo show at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts and group shows at CURRENTS New Media Festival, Duke Arts, Women Made Gallery, Flux Factory, SIGGRAPH, ISEA, NeurIPS, and more.
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presented in conjunction with if then, amen, a group exhibition exploring computational divinity and networked belief systems in the age of intelligent machines ⋆𖦹°⋆
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