Humanness: Inner Studies In A Collective Cloud at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg
Humanness: Inner Studies In A Collective Cloud is an interactive artwork that explores identity, the workplace, and our role in the digital era. Part of the award-winning Work It Out! exhibition at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, this piece offers a space for deceleration amid the accelerating pace of modern life. Participants contribute by writing their intentions on folded papers or online, creating a global archive of voices. This artwork bridges the physical and digital worlds, inviting collective reflection and personal transformation.Introduction to Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud
Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud is an interactive artwork in continuation of the Collected Memory series. This artwork is centered on questions of identity, the workplace, and our role in the digital era. The work is part of the exhibition Work It Out! at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg. Work It Out! is the winner of the prestigious Bikubens Vision Award 2018. The exhibition is about the future of modern work-life and how art can contribute to new and improved ways of thinking and working.
Concept Of Deceleration
Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud speaks to the highly relevant term The Extreme Self, which describes the time we're in, where acceleration accelerates (or, pro-acceleration). This new cultural territory, which includes both data monitoring and collection, has made concepts such as Big Data, cloud computing, and doxing part of our common language. The large amounts of data that are collected have made our attention a commodity in itself. In this context, Mille Kalsmose, with her work Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud, offers a space and a method for deceleration, i.e., the opposite of pro-acceleration, which can be achieved through a strengthening of our relationship with each other and an awareness of the structures that result in the high speed of the times, which can be difficult to keep up with.
Art's Potential To Influence
In the exhibition Work It Out!, art is used as a reflection of our working life, but art also has a unique potential in terms of influencing and changing existing structures in both our private and working life. Perhaps art and companies can even work together to form new communities and foster creativity, thereby contributing to well-being and a more stellar organization.
Exploring Human Algorithms
"I believe that we, as humans, are made of a particular set of data, consisting of particles that are constantly in flux. If this is correct, then we are living algorithms, and algorithms can be rewritten. Because I wasn’t brought into this world with the algorithm of my dreams, I try to find the way to optimize and rewrite myself so I can become a program that inspires other programs to find their dream algorithm." - Mille Kalsmose
Interactive Participation
Set on a dramatic and visually striking stage, Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud explores, through archives, physically and digitally, how we live in a dual existence of both of these worlds. The participants are the driving force in creating meaning and matter in the artwork, where they write their intentions on one of the thousands of individually folded papers in the archive or participate from anywhere in the world online through a link.
Global Archive Of Voices
The statements will flow through the screens put up at the site and be permanently stored in the digital archive of collectedmemory.world, a global platform of individual voices. This digital archive serves as a living, evolving testament to the shared human experience, capturing a wide range of emotions and thoughts from participants worldwide. By integrating these personal narratives into a collective cloud, the project not only preserves individual memories but also fosters a sense of global community and interconnectedness. This expansive archive underscores the importance of every voice, contributing to a richer, more inclusive understanding of our collective identity.
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