Form follows Fiction 5

Form follows Fiction 5

What will the future look like?

Artificial intelligence is already capable of flawlessly imitating a human voice to make a phone call to a restaurant for a reservation. The people involved have no idea they are talking to a machine. The algorithms in use are self-learning and function as a structure that is similar to the structure of the human brain.

How will this trend of rapidly changing technology evolve?

In 30 years, computer games have evolved from a few moving white dots to life-real massive multi-player online games. What will games look like in another 30 years? Suppose a virtual or augmented reality can be projected directly onto our eyes and we can live a part of our day in a virtual world.

Will the virtual and the real world be distinguishable from one another? Will we even be humans any more?

This is what this work is about. The space and time in which these structures are placed is undefined. The surrounding platform can be seen as a meta-level. How many levels of reality could there be? Can you have a virtual world within a virtual world? Will there be a clear border between fact and fiction in our world? Maybe we will live in a world where form follows fiction.

Commissioned Artwork

Commissioned Artwork

The Kellogg School of management, part of Northwestern University in Chicago,
asked me to make an artwork to celebrate the opening of their new main building “The Global Hub”.

This artwork is displayed in the building itself and is mounted and
given as a thank you gift to donors who helped fund the building.

The version above is the final artwork. The versions below show the process of making the artwork.

Beautiful Dystopia – Colour version

Beautiful Dystopia – Colour version

Everything you can imagine will be possible one day.
If it exists within the boundaries of the laws of physics and our technology keeps on improving it will be possible.

With the advancements made in artificial intelligence and virtual reality the amount of possible futures is becoming inconceivable great. The future has never been more uncertain.

Video games evolved from Pong in 1972 to massive online multiplayer games that look almost photo-real. What will video games look like in another 40 years? Will the gaming-world be distinguishable from the real world?

How can we be sure that we are not living in a video game ourselves?

New technology will bring the possibility of a true Utopia. Will the new wealth be distributed equally amongst the world population?