Data_Divine

2017-2026

The algorithm is the logic machine of the digital realm. Data_Divine has twelve series. In each algorithms engage visual material in a different way.

Algorithms make things happen in the same way language does. It’s all sort of abracadabra.

I’m_Online shows people working on their personal devices in public places. I’ve subjected these images to an algorithm that leaves some pixels untouched while altering others. Coding used to create popular websites appears muted in the backgrounds.

Algorithmics are abstractions that have been generated by algorithms that are then worked on by other algorithms.

Headline_Binaries show news headlines translated into ones and zeroes.

Tweets are quotes from Twitter that have been pixelated, glitched and then assembled.

The photographs in Psychic_Storefronts were rendered by an algorithm that gradually builds the image into lines.

Margin of Error shows nano, robotic and genetic material altered algorithmically and assembled.

Persons of Interest have memoji faces – many of which were created by colleagues.

The imagery in 404 NotFound give form to persons, places and things that continue to haunt.

I used text-to-image apps to generate source material for The Dream Life of Data.

To make Machine_Learning I produced offbeat figures and located them in mutated backgrounds generated spontaneously by Google Earth.

Ghost_in_the_Machine presents hapless beings in spooky environments.

I’ve read AI lacks desire and so is unlikely to take over the world. Artificial Desire negotiates that point of view.