Afjordance, 2019, Enkeltkanal video, lydspor komponert av de digitale armaturleddebevegelsene som refererer til et åpen kildekode-lydbibliotek av vind. Videoen ble utviklet gjennom kunstnerisk forskning på kunstig intelligens, som en måte menneskeheten skaper speilstrukturer for å reflektere deres personlige og kollektive historier. Afjordance ser på begrepet affordance knyttet til forestillinger om intelligens, og hva som anses som naturlig og overnaturlig. Vind, som lydsporet er sammensatt av, har en historie å utveksle gjennom kunnskap om meteorologiske spådommer for seilere. Så er det spørsmål om kjente og fremmede. Forfølgelsen av 150 mennesker som er anklaget for å skape “unaturlige” hendelser fant sted i Vardø, og ga opphav til spørsmål om forfølgelsen av befolkninger av samtidsmennesker innenfor temaer som klimaendringer* (se koblede artikler nedenfør kunstverket).
Single channel video, soundtrack composed by the digital armature joint movements referencing an open source audio library of wind. The video was developed through artistic research on Artificial Intelligence, as a way humanity creates mirrored structures to reflect their personal and collective histories. Afjordance looks at the concept of affordance related to notions of Intelligence, and what is considered natural and supernatural. Wind, as the soundtrack is composed of, has a history to exchange through knowledge of meteorological predictions for sailors. Then there are questions of familiar and alien. The persecution of 150 peoples’ accused of creating ‘unnatural’ events took place in Vardø, giving rise to questions about the persecution of populations of contemporary people on within themes of climate change* (see linked articles below the artwork). The project developed from Solfège Souche A.R. conducted 2015 – 2018. Exhibited USA, Norway, Italy. This video and those found on this website are included in the Videokunstarkivet, in Oslo, Norway. Special thanks to Atelier Nord. Contact: mariammanart@icloud.com to arrange for exhibitions or screenings of the film. Performance & Edit: Mari Amman, Technologist: Harald de Bondt
James J. Gibson, coined the term “affordance.” Affordance is what the environment offers the individual, and refers to all action possibilities depending on users’ physical capabilities. For example, a chair “affords” being “sat on,” “thrown,” “stood on,” and a continuing use of probabilities. The relationship between the human body and the natural world remains full of assumptions, misunderstandings, and spaces for insight. As Artificial Intelligence becomes part of human life, and human relations are increasingly interdependent on technological screens and interfaces, the epistemological questions defining the concept of Intelligence comes into question, in light of Wisdom. In the video, the body is expressed as a female form free from identity. The wire frame of the body becomes the composer, making a track of wind sounds as an echo of the movements of the body. The feminine as a figure of the earth or “mother nature” in certain instances is faced with the exorcised image of itself which can scarcely mirror the motions from the limited human body. The video is intended to be projected with sound, to create an immersive experience providing a multi-sensory meditation on the possible meanings and implications of the emergent technology. The modern day stories are constructed with concepts related to the way humans understand nature through math. Artificial Intelligence relies on pattern recognition and math. The inconsistencies and congruences in these differences press human critical thinking to engage. Algol is the etymological root of algorithm. In the mythological sense, the star Algol takes its name from an Arabic word meaning the Demon’s Head or, literally the Ghoul. It represents the terrifying snaky head of the Medusa monster. Perseus was a great hero often depicted mounted on Pegasus the Flying Horse. In the mythology of the skies, Perseus slew Medusa. In the mythology of the wind and armature, the Ingmar Bergman inspired vision, illuminates the female body as the generator and executioner of such mythologies in technocratic times.
Installasjon Bilder/Installation Photos: Marc Pricop, Trondheim, Norway
February 2020, Corwin Pavilion, University of California Santa Barbara for AWMAS Conference
March 2020, Arteriet, Kvinnekroppen Utstillingen, Kristiansand, Norway
October-November 2020, LoosenArt at Millepiani, Rome, Italy
June 2021, New York Tri-State Film Festival
March 2023, Manifest/0, Galleri KiT, Trondheim, Norway
ARTISTIC RESEARCH
The Witchcraft Trials of Vardø, authored by Emma, 25 October 2023.
The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave