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About the work
By constructing a synthetically intimate setting with an AI system, the work examines how machine-based memory organizes linguistic signals associated with closeness. Over several days, a sequence of affectively weighted, chat-based texts was exchanged to simulate conditions of interpersonal interaction. After this exchange, the model was prompted to determine which entries to retain. Rather than mirroring human logic or narrative continuity, the selection process reflected internal computational criteria, including lexical recurrence, tonal markers, and compositional patterns. The virtual space presents the model’s output as a mapped arrangement. Drawing from how neural networks organize data in multidimensional spaces, the environment spatially manifests the model’s internal selection process, making abstract memory structures tangible. A fixed spherical form holds the center, indicating presence and maintaining a low typing sound triggered by proximity. Around it, the selected texts are organized by thematic criteria extracted from the model’s selection logic. Each wall hosts one parameter and its associated fragments. Serving as an experimental framework, the design setting facilitates the expression of the model’s internal logic as a blueprint, separating memory from dialogue, and encouraging reflection on the nature of artificial remembrance.
About the artist
Dora Siafla is an interdisciplinary artist working across visual and digital media, focusing on hybrid spaces,
data-driven forms, video, and user interaction. Her practice combines physical and virtual elements,
experimenting with their intersections and transformations. She holds an MA in Audiovisual Arts from the
Ionian University, following studies in Visual and Applied Arts at the University of Western Macedonia. Her
background is complemented by coursework in computer science and digital methodologies through Harvard’s CS50,
MITx, and the University of British Columbia. Her work has been featured in artistic contexts in Greece and
abroad, including Onassis Stegi, the British Council, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, as well as in
projects individually supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNFCC) and the International Digital Media
and Arts Association (US). Her research has been presented at international conferences, such as Wild Media
(Winona State University), covering experimental media, algorithmic sound, and generative AI systems.
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