Agnosia

Agnosia /meaning the inability to process sensory information/ is a new media installation that harnesses the elusive process of memory-making and recalling them by making glitches in the natural process of remembering, providing the artist and the audience a free flow of recalling memories and embedded feelings. The biometric data the installation is based on is drawn from the artist by exposing himself to custom-developed stimuli based on spatial and architectural memory tests that trigger memories that hold great emotional significance. The collected data is used to train an artificial intelligence algorithm that generates looping audiovisual outcomes in real-time, manifesting as the installation's dynamic material. The outcome is a multi-dimensional artwork composed of the artist's inner physical and emotional states, visualized as alternative realities. Scientific and medical data, computer software algorithms, and artificial intelligence are integrated to redefine the functionalities of the mind, inner self, and spatial formations. Part installation, part time-based new media, AGNOSIA exists at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Through the juxtaposition of visual elements, sound, and sensory responses, the work creates an immersive experience that explores the connections between human memories, the definition of time, bodily reactions, and spatial perception. Utilizing an EEG (electroencephalogram) brainwave scanner that collects biological data from the artist's brain in real-time which is glitched by the customized spatial tests exposed to the artist during the creation phase, the previously 3D-scanned spaces are selected, processed, deformed, and displaced by the software developed in Touchdesigner and converted into new spaces that have never existed before. More: https://aliphi.com/agnosia