Model Collapse
In Model Collapse, Telemagic invites visitors into an interactive installation where the extractive impact of artificial intelligence becomes tangible.
An AI language guide leads participants through a shifting 3D landscape, making the destructive effects of data centers, energy consumption, and resource extraction palpable. The installation centers around a station and physical cyber-sculptures that react to light and interaction. Typing a simple query not only transforms the digital world but also the physical environment, making the deep interconnection between human action and technological systems perceptible. Model Collapse highlights the extraction of natural resources and the hidden ecological costs of technology. By encouraging playful and disruptive engagement, the work invites visitors to critically explore AI’s influence on society and the environment.
Model Collapse is in collaboration + made possible by: Tetem
Cyber sculptures made possible by: Tetem, K.F. Hein Fonds and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
Concept: Cyanne van den Houten + Ymer Marinus
Interface Mainstation: Ymer Marinus + Cyanne van den Houten
Spatial sound, interactive spots, experience design and realisation of connection between: landscape + custom local AI system + interface, main codes: Ymer Marinus
Interactive cyber sculptures, research text + images, 3D environment and models, AI system prompt tweaking, installation design, microcontroller + sensor coding: Cyanne van den Houten
Interface redesign: Roos Groothuizen
