by  kennedy+swan
Single channel 4K video, 2022
16 x 9, 4K, 3 min loop

Text: GPT-3, Voice: Robynne Orr

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kennedy+swan asked the artificial intelligence GPT-3 to write the 'Manifesto of Fragility' in eleven sentences. While we listen to these phrases, we observe the simulated character Circe through a semi-transparent mirror during her morning routine. This seemingly incidental scenario raises the question of what agenda self-aware artificial avatars will have in the near future. And will those systems ever have a right to privacy?

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Commissioned by La Biennale de Lyon 2022