As a piece of work, 'The Grey Temple' connects to my general practice, which often tests the discourse around difficult heritage themes and attempts to pre-empt trends when dealing with the actions of current power structures, institutions and techno-social environments. The work also highlights my interest in the struggles of the vulnerable in societal systems.
In this latest work, a religion is established on the idea that there is a deity that can speak through the internet. It promises immortality when humans are able to upload maps of their memory aligning them with machines. We encounter an altercation between the human priest that sets up the religion and an artificially intelligent agent that is challenging the priest’s ability to communicate with this deity through the internet. Artificial intelligence challenges the very existence of the deity and the relevance of the religion.
This is an image of an altercation taking place between the human who invented the religion ‘The Grey Temple’ and artificial intelligence that is trying to disprove the human's capabilities of communicating with a deity through the internet
The yellow path, appears or disappears behind a white wall
This is an area for contemplation and reflection at the left side of the room when you enter
The wall to the right side of the room when you enter is inverted and appears like the back of a movie set
A movie light shines on the intersection between the yellow path and a possible door or entry point. There is a projection onto three frames that were Pop Art prints at one time in their past
There is a projection of the altercation between the two main characters
The congregation watches the confrontation
A script