Current (Provides Ng, Eli Joteva, Artem Konevskikh, Alexey Yansitov (Yanzi))
Current
About the Item
Current film (2019) is a speculation on the future of broadcasting cinema. It emerges from the intersection of contemporary trends in live streaming culture, volumetric cinema, AI deep fakes and personalized narratives. The film Current is an experiential example of what this cinema might look and feel like within a few years based on the convergence of these trends. As artificial intelligence increasingly molds the clay of the cinematic image, it optimises its vocabulary to project information in a more dynamic space, embeds data in visuals without deconstructing its complexity, and directs a new way of seeing, from planar to global, flat to volumetric, personal to planetary. This information rich space implies an economy of values, that has potential in multiple live-streams, especially as this artificially generated content enters deep learning algorithms of personalization. Current was conceived during the Strelka New Normal post-grad research program.
About the Artist
‘Current’ is a collaborative digital practice driven by an interest in the reciprocal relationships between virtual and physical spaces. Through the medium of volumetric cinema, ‘Current’ delineates the multiplicity of futures in the attention economy and its material manifestation. An interdisciplinary, intercultural collective based in China/Russia/Europe/UK/USA, includes architects, researchers, artists, CG specialists, engineers, data-analysts, and programmers working at the intersection of art, science and technology: Provides Ng, Eli Joteva, Artem Konevskikh, Alexey Yansitov (Yanzi). ‘Current’ denotes its broader network of Creative Commons. The team experiments first-hand with technologies that are readily available to any individuals, formulating distributive pipelines to support ‘collaborative intelligence’ - the democratisation of intelligent tools into a crowdsourced, problem-solving network. ‘Current’ has exhibited and taught worldwide, including Rijksmuseum Twenthe, The Bartlett UCL, GOGBOT festival, CultureHub LA, UCLA Sci | Art Lab, SUPERCOLLIDER Gallery, and many more.
