Mateusz Herczka: Life Support Systems

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Life Support Systems: Vanda explores the possibilities to upload signals from a Vanda Hybrida orchid into a Microsoft Xbox, as a kind of longevity through computing. This work is an ongoing project which reshapes itself in parallell to scientific developments, exhibition contexts, and other changing parameters. The goal is to create a virtual organism from this orchid which can exist indefinitely, kept alive inside computer media in the form of a datastructure based on current ai technologies such as neural networks and hidden markov models. After the live individual is disconnected, its virtual counterpart will continue to generate signals which mimic the patterns of the original.

Mateusz Herczka has a diverse project history, the common denominator being an interest in bioscience and artificial intelligence research, exploring ways to connect those with realities of human existence and perception. His works appear internationally in artspaces and museums as well as new media contexts. He also collaborates in dance projects with some of Swedens main choreographers, designing and exploring new systems for generating movement.

Life Support Systems: Vanda esplora la possibilita’ di donare longevita’ ad un’orchidea attraverso la computerizzazione. La pianta, chiamata Vanda Hybrida, emette segnali che vengono raccolti ed elaborati da una Microsoft Xbox. L’obiettivo e’ creare un organismo virtuale che, grazie ad una intelligenza artificiale, potra’ esistere indefinitivamente, tenuto in vita sotto forma di data struttura all’interno del computer. Una volta che la pianta viene disconnessa, il suo alterego virtuale continuera’ a generare segnali che mimino i disegni dell’originale. Questo progetto, tuttora in corso, e’ un lavoro che di volta in volta muta a seconda degli sviluppi scientifici, dei contesti in cui viene esibito e altre variabili.

Mateusz Herczka ha dato vita a lavori molto diversi tra loro, il comun denominatore e’ l’interesse per la bioscienza e la ricerca sulle intelligenze artificiali attraverso le quali Mateusz esplora il modo di connettere quest’ultime con la realta’ dell’esistenza e della percezione umana. Il suo lavoro e’ apparso a livello internazionle in musei, spazi d’arte e vari ambiti dedicati ai new media. Collabora inoltre a progetti in ambito coreografico in Svezia, per i quali realizza nuovi sistemi per generare il movimento.

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