Margin of Error

The project is the result of negotiating questions such as: can meaning be accurately represented in translation from human sensibility to machine logic? What does it say about us globally that we trust the perfection of computers over the sentimentality of humans? Using these questions as a foundation, the artists have run philosophical texts through a software translation program that obscures the language mechanically. The resulting texts are then transformed to visual images. This final step relies on the intuitive and imprecise thinking that mirrors human perception.

This work was commissioned by Unesco Creative cities to respond to three questions:

1. Does technology have the ability to solve all the problems in the future?

2. Do we need more arts and empathy to be able to use technology in better and more responsible ways?

3. Are we allowed to make decisions on behalf of the planet?

声音部分合作艺术家 Sound artist in collaboration:

王长存/ Wang Changcun

展览 Exhibition: 

Bujara Media Arts Festival, Bujara, Portugal

“Margin of reality” Solo exhibition, Qingdao, China