Wired

System Aesthetics

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Year

2022
An extensive research project by FIELD.IO, exploring the most relevant machine learning algorithms in code-based illustrations.
The project was completed in 2017 before premiering in Wired World magazine, 2018.
The field of Artificial Intelligence has seen a major acceleration in recent years, especially of machine learning algorithms, controlled by large corporations accessing huge amounts of personal user data and computing power.

These algorithms are now the invisible force that increasingly shapes our lives, deciding who we meet on social dating platforms, about our mortgage and insurance prospects, and controlling our environments at home and in public spaces.
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AI's Black Box

Their development happens behind proprietary shields and outside of public scrutiny, making a grassroots understanding or the emergence of independent alternatives nearly impossible. Often, the decision-making of neural networks is obscure even to the humans who developed and trained them, making A.I. a veritable “black box”.
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Communicating The Invisible

As visual artists, we find it important to understand and discuss these fundamental forces that change our society. We have started a deeper exploration of the less accessible information that is out there, such as scientific papers and open source code publications, to develop an understanding of these algorithms’ inner workings, and translate it into visual metaphors that can contribute to a public debate.
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Credits

Creative Director

  • Marcus Wendt

Design & Animation

  • Julien Bauzin
  • Paul Brenner
  • Xander Marritt

Creative Code

  • Jonas Otto

Project Management

  • Alice Shaughnessy

Communication

  • Vera-Maria Glahn

Sound Design

  • Kuedo

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