A couple of weeks ago I had the idea to submerge a computer chip in some kind of oil. A nod the the oil and chip comparison. Instead I ended up buying see through kids play slime, very fun, I bought it by the bucket load. I had originally wanted to incorporate this into a sculpture somehow, which I was building on the side out of metal wire and unspun wool.

I also found those plastic balls you use for mini toys, I want the goop to be inside something spherical, a ‘bubble’ an AI bubble. The bubble not many are talking about or realise is hanging over our heads.

I had quiet a fatiguey day so I sat in bed filling these little balls with the slime, and inserting the chips. It was fun, experimental, and I loved how the bubbles appeared around it. How the light hit them. It became more organic looking than I’d imagined. I stared into and around the object for a while. And then stepped outside in the sun to record what I could see. Art motivates me to get up even when I feel like i’ve been hit by a truck. Thats why I know it’s for me.

I noticed it heavily interfered with what I had infront of me, a beautiful view, the rocks, the trees, the blue sky. When editing the video I could hear the sounds of the birds, cows and sheep next to me, this wasn’t distorted in anyway, so I created sounds that replicated the haptics you get when talking to chat GPT. I then over laid these on top so both the visual and sound was distorted. When playing through an iphone, although not haptic, your phone vibrates from the sound somewhat, compared to the gentle sounds of nature.

In the end, the piece said something I hadn’t expected. Spoke of the interference technology can have on what we have infront of us. It interupts and distorts. But it can also be quite mesmerising.