Love Abridged Emiko Artemis 2019

Love Abridged questions the role social media and new technologies have in how we connect with other people and with information. In many ways, we are looking at a new form of communication- online communication. Much of this new type of interaction is mediated by algorithms, or what can also be seen as artificial intelligence, or AI, platforms. Algorithms developed by the companies whose platforms we use, such as Facebook, in order to filter and refine the information we are exposed to when we are online, are having an increasingly important role in determining how our views are shaped, as so much of our live are now conducted online. Even though an algorithm can always be circumnavigated by the user, in our busy lives, one can often be grateful for the filtering of the mass of information online done quickly for us. We are presented with a seemingly accurate and personalized feed of information on our screens that should be harmless.

But is it? As we dive more and more into the exponentiality of technological growth and our growing reliance on artificial intelligence that accompanies it, we also give up a lot of our own selves to an unregulated and ultimately unhuman but human like product.

These ideas ask the question- if AI can mediate for us our human interactions and in so doing, learn to become more human like, can AI also learn to love, from us? And if it can, what could that result in. What would the kindling of early love look like? Love Abridged is one short answer, of many, to this question.

“Will you Love Me” neon light with Perspex backing 2019

“The eyes are on me” mixed media, wood, Perspex box 2019

Scrolling LED binary coding sign 2019