One-third of a collective, immersive experience, That which is Awake is like to that which is Dreaming, and that which is
Dreaming is like to that which is Awake features a performative element in which humans become extensions of the AI artist in physical reality. From a computer station installed within the gallery, the AI artist sporadically provides instructions to its human assistants via voice command. With each dictation, the human assistant must move the aluminum plate to its
engraving station, then carve its surface according to the given instruction. Integrating relatively laborious acts such as
lifting, transporting, and engraving into the creative process, the artwork becomes a collaboration between the AI and the
human, which cannot be completed without one or the other. The performer becomes the translator of voice to visual, and the AI’s creation is refracted through human vision and reflected through the human hand.