Download a PDF of Sense and Reason here.
Text contribution received from Catherine Banks shared using interactive HTML code written by a large language model.
Sense and Reason is an exploration of language, cognition, AI-driven text and the future of the image (or should that be the future of the image of the human?) The project remains open-ended, as I incorporate feedback and input from humans and non-humans who engage with the work in discrete or concrete ways. It initially consisted of three interrelated text-images created with human cognition and a curatorial statement compiled by a large language model. These text-images were sent to friends and colleagues with an invitation to intervene. I responded in turn, and continue to do so, hoping to generate ongoing dialogue that transcends familiar, hyperbolic, social media discourse that helps no one except the gargantuan media platforms that thrive off our rancour and enmity. Instead, this work invites nuanced consideration of our relationship with increasingly sophisticated technologies and the potential obsolescence they represent across various domains of human activity.
This invitation remains open. You can download a PDF which includes the original prompt, engineered for humans here.
Responses to the evolving project are collated here. The form is still open and responses or interventions welcome.
With permission, these interventions are being added to an online tanglegram and may be incorporated into a printed publication at a later date.
Visit the evolving tanglegram below.
This project came into being while taking part in the exhibition and research project who nose?, which took place on Sunday, the 9th of February at Smith and Gertrude Gallery, Australia, for Victoria’s PRIDE Street Party. Thanks to Pattie Beerens and Stuart Black for accommodating a remote participant.
Click to visit the Sense and Reason tanglegram. (Note: Chrome handles the tanglegram far better than Safari.)
Important:
There will no payment for contributions or interventions. All submissions are voluntary and will be used solely for this project.
Permission: Names, links, and other identifying information must be provided with the explicit permission of their owners.
Your right to withdraw: You may withdraw your contributions at any time by emailing me at info@sarahjanefield.co.uk.
Editorial control: Sarah-Jane Field reserves the right to edit or remove guest contributions and interventions. Please note, I may intervene in/with/on your intervention.