patriarch_smasher

interactive sculpture, 2023
80 x 30 x 30  

is a creature that is stimulated if the chatbox is dominated by male voices.


the character gets triggered, causing the red lights to rise . . . when they reach the top, the sculpture gets activated and shares women who have played an important role in the history of computing.


it is part of the series: antidote.dwellers, a growing swarm of cyber sculptures connected through a local network in a chatbox. the sculptures are ai powered and interact with each other, they interpret and fantasize about each others output.

supported by: kf hein fonds, stipendium 2022

image & copyright: centraal museum, urecht / gert jan van rooij