In their installations, beyond_repair (Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer) and ::vtol:: (Dmitry Morozov) probe the boundaries between human perception and machine logic, exploring how meaning, agency, and uncertainty unfold in the age of intelligent systems. Each work transforms technological mechanisms into spaces for reflection where code, material, and coincidence converge into poetic experience.
Between This and That is It, a modified 1980s typewriter, powered by an offline language model, generates a “middle” word between two typed inputs. This simple act of mediation gestures toward the search for balance in a polarized world, while revealing the biases embedded within algorithmic systems. Sweepcase invites visitors to place everyday objects into an ordinary suitcase, which then translates their material presence into unique soundscapes. Both works transform familiar forms into interfaces of collaboration between human and machine, questioning how we construct and share meaning.
Dmitry Morozov’s The Metaphase Sound Machine, Navigator, and Drop extend this dialogue into the invisible domains of radiation, magnetism, and crystalline growth. Each piece makes tangible the imperceptible forces that shape reality, translating them into motion, sound, and image. In The Metaphase Sound Machine, magnetic fields and ionizing radiation generate kinetic and sonic rhythms, transforming cosmic randomness into mechanical choreography. Navigator draws inspiration from the crystalline structures of bismuth to invent imaginary maps, suggesting parallels between natural growth patterns and human attempts to organize complexity. Drop translates radiation into falling droplets of water, whose ripples and sounds evolve in real time, an elegant metaphor for the interplay of chaos and order, presence and decay.
Together, these works echo the theme of DA Fest 10, æŋˈzaɪəti (Anxiety): Signals from an uncertain world, revealing the tension between control and unpredictability, between the rational order of technology and the fragile, often poetic systems through which we sense and interpret the world.
