How two chairs became one couch

How does software designed to see our world see our world?

year: 2019
type: artistic research
role: artist · researcher · developer
key words: machine learning · object detection · installation · videos · performance

This question led to a playful investigation in the possibilities and shortcomings of object detection software.The more I interacted with the algorithm, the more I learned how to fool it. A battle between human and computer arose.I figured out ways not to be recognized as a human being by software that is created to identify us as such.

Interaction performace together with Joy Heijnen and the object detection algorithm

Trying out different postures to fool the algorithm

Object detection algorithm labeling me as a neutral man

Exhibition visitors became a "toothbrush" together, installation view, Oddstream Nijmegen, 2019