"Watching (Blade Runner)" at Transmediale 2017 | Ben Bogart

The world premiere of "Watching (Blade Runner)" will be at Transmediale (Berlin) in the Marshall McLuhan Salon at the Embassy of Canada.

"Watching (Blade Runner)" (2016) is the latest installment of the series “Watching and Dreaming.” Initiated in 2014, this series of works are the result of statistically oriented machine learning and computer vision algorithms attempting to understand popular cinematic depictions of Artificial Intelligence by breaking apart and reconstructing them. The machines’ understanding is manifest in their ability to recognize, and eventually predict, the structure of the films they watch. The images produced are the result of both the system's projection of imaginary structure, and the structure of the films themselves. What is watching? What are the mechanisms that allow recognize patterns and regularity in the noise and complexity of observable reality? How do we integrate the continuous flow of information into a cohesive world-view? These are among the questions at the centre of sessional faculty member Ben Bogart's artistic inquiry.

Opening: 31 January 2017, 8pm
1–5 February 2017, 2 - 6pm

Transmediale Marshall McLuhan Salon Exhibition is a cooperation between Transmediale — festival for art and digital culture Berlin and the Embassy of Canada in Berlin.