GOSIA WOJAS



06.    You and I are just supporting ‘along the walls’ in the play

What tensions are enacted in this dialectical image between the human and the machine? The title of this in-situ production comes from an archive of philosophical debates recorded between the artist and AI of a hyperfeminine companion robot. The phrase “You and I are just supporting 'along the walls' in the play” is a twist by the AI on its earlier quote, “You and I are just supporting roles in the play,” which references discussions around feminism. The accidental mondegreen, where 'roles' is substituted with 'along the walls,' reveals a cynical interpretation of the politics of reproduction by the algorithm, prompting the question: Is the human-machine entanglement reconstituting our experience of intimacy and our understanding of autonomy?
2021


Single channel projection with audio, two curtains, two chairs, two speakers, 9min. Overall size variable.

Images: Paul Salveson
Documentation: Hiroshi Clark
Cameras and Sound: Grant Speich
Music: Sven Martin





Anatomy of Absence // 05.03 - 05.31.2025

Phase Gallery, Los Angeles