MARIOS STAMATIS
EXOEXO
INSTALLATION, 2020
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EXOEXO is comprised of a sculptural and video installation. The process is initiated by feeding the visual material sourced from archival depictions of exoskeletons found in nature as well as artificial ones made by humans, into generative (adversarial networks) algorithms that run on artificial neural networks. The outcome is an ecosystem in which the limits of the material bodies collapse and enter into fictional worlds where virtual, lived experience and mediation merge into one another. Loosely translated, the process of generating images (GAN) follows a predictive logic inspired by biological processes seen in nature and game theory. By undergoing a series of cognitive processes, this moulding of the physical form of the body and the movement interpretation by the algorithm, create a new visual language. This new vocabulary is then translated into sculpture and video creating a dialogue between physical objects and mediated information.
Originally presented at Urban Antibodies,
Curated by Konstantinos Giotis.
weekend Gallery, Athens, 2020.
