Umbilical Digital is kind of a farm where a special algorithm devotes itself to raising “digital living creatures” such as Tamagotchis. The system monitors their condition and takes on all tasks that are required for maintaining their “life” and keeping their “spirits” up. The simulation of pressing keys makes the system seem like a person who is taking care of the digital creature: it exists as if it has been “raised” by a human hand.
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU)
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU)
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU)
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU)
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
Umbilical Digital/Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU), Credit: ::vtol::
By observing the behavior of the “organisms,” the algorithm continually learns and changes itself. All processes are printed out in real time by a small thermal printer, creating a sort of “chronicle” of the farm that offers a comprehensible record of the history and development of the colony.
Project Credits:
- Commissioned by LABORATORIA Art&Science Foundation (RU) for the exhibition Daemons in the Machine, 2018
