The Argument Machine
April 19-26
The Argument Machine
Chris Baker (Victoria, BC)
Vertical Gallery
Chris Baker’s The Argument Machine is a box that resembles some form of briefcase or luggage. Inside it the viewer can see a light, knobs, some levers, a VU meter—all encased in a bronze/gold metal casing. Sounds of computerized voices emit from this peculiar machine and they argue about art, technology and their personal qualms with each other. The work is about the progress of technology and its limitation—i.e. we can make a computer think but we can’t make it feel, and in reality anything it says or thinks is essentially regurgitated human information, never original thought.
The Argument Machine
Chris Baker (Victoria, BC)
Vertical Gallery
Chris Baker’s The Argument Machine is a box that resembles some form of briefcase or luggage. Inside it the viewer can see a light, knobs, some levers, a VU meter—all encased in a bronze/gold metal casing. Sounds of computerized voices emit from this peculiar machine and they argue about art, technology and their personal qualms with each other. The work is about the progress of technology and its limitation—i.e. we can make a computer think but we can’t make it feel, and in reality anything it says or thinks is essentially regurgitated human information, never original thought.
00:00:00 on 04/19/03
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Category: Visual Art
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