Figure Infinity

Jung In Jung; Louis McHugh; Alex McCabe

Figure Infinity

Jung In Jung (Artist), Louis McHugh (Artist), Alex McCabe (Artist)

Department of Games Technology and Mathematics

Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

https://www.vimeo.com/961104521

Abstract

Figure Infinity is an audio-visual performance project that connects human performers in a self-reflexive network of control and communication with Artificial Intelligence. It responds to recent narratives surrounding “AI”, which largely obscure the collective human endeavour that produced the data these systems are built on, by inviting audiences to partake in the development of a real-time performance data set. Encountered uncannily through absurdity and play, audiences can experience some of the creative possibilities and limitations of AI systems.

The prompts used to create the performance direction were carefully crafted by the artists using ChatGPT and gpt4-vision with the idea of “prompt engineering” being seen as a creative skill in its own right. For the performance, the process of generating performance direction and realisation was shown by adding some theatrical elements and metaphors to demonstrate the human labour often hidden in the field of AI and the video feedback loop which confuses AI.

Original language	English
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2024
Event	Creative Feedback: The Feats and Failures of Technology - InSPACE, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 10 May 2024 → 10 May 2024 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/creative-feedback-the-feats-and-failures-of-technology/

Keywords

AI performance
Interactive dance
Interactive sound

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