Alex May is a British artist questioning how our individual and collective experiences of time, and formation of memories and cultural record are mediated, expanded, and directed by contemporary technologies. His international exhibition profile includes Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, LABoral, HeK, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Academy of Art, and the Beall Center for Art + Technology, UCI.
ArchaeaBot
ArchaeaBot
Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, ArcheaBot
© Foto: Vanessa Graf, Ars Electronica 2018
Installation
ArchaeaBot is a prototype of an underwater robotic installation that explores what ‘life’ might mean in a post-singularity and a post-climate changed future. Based on new research on archaea (a group of unicellular micro-organisms believed to be the oldest form of life on earth adapted to life in extreme conditions) and combined with the latest innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning, the artists have tried to create the 'ultimate' species for the end of the world. The work is the result of collaboration with researcher/cryomicroscopist Amanda Wilson within the framework of the EU MARA project, which is based at Imperial College. Additionally the artists are collaborating with Daniel Polani, Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire.
This work was realised within the framework of the European Media Art Platforms (EMAP) programme at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (ES) with support of the Creative Europe Culture Programme of the European Union.
Anna Dumitriu
Anna Dumitriu is an award winning internationally renowned British artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation, and digital media to explore our relationship to infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. Past exhibitions include ZKM, Ars Electronica, BOZAR, The Picasso Museum, HeK Basel, Science Gallery Detroit, MOCA Taipei, LABoral, Art Laboratory Berlin, and Eden Project.
