#artificialselfie exhibited at Art of Bots.

15/04/16 → 16/04/16
Somerset House, London, GB.

“Over recent years tiny automated and nonsensical beings have infiltrated our daily life via twitter and email. They have taken delight in agitation by imitating human behaviours – from telling jokes to online-dating. These small computer programmes are called bots (derived from the word robot) and their repetitive and often simple actions have brought fun to – and often poked fun at – the Internet platforms that now mediate our lives.” Excerpt from the website of the exhibition.

↑ Photo by Abandon Normal Devices.

#artificialselfie, 2016

A selfie is a paradigmatic way to prove to the contemporary world that one exists.

The robot expresses this need by taking selfies of itself and sharing them on Instagram, repeating the same sequence tirelessly, over and over again, at a pace of one selfie every three minutes.

It uses a mirror to reflect its image, including the audience as part of its digital life.