Hesitation

We are in an ambivalent relationship with technology, where our imaginations and tools replace human gestures and reasoning with algorithms and machines. We justify it by the need to escape our laborious condition. But does this same necessity apply to art? Do we truly value human beings over machines?

This piece is recorded in real-time during and audiovisual performance. It questions the image of the hand, accessing a dimension of an autonomous creature through a simple game of mirrors. The image is diverted, and the algorithm seizes the essence of the hand itself. By analyzing its movement, the algorithm creates a more colorful, more attractive version of this human presence.