Between This and That is It is an interactive installation using an AI-enhanced 1980s typewriter. Visitors input two words, and the system generates a “middle” word, creating a collaborative techno-poetic act. The work explores AI bias, semantic space, and societal polarization, symbolizing the search for consensus and highlighting shared human-machine agency in constructing meaning across cultural and political contexts.
Between This and That is It / Antoni Rayzhekov, Martin Murer – beyond_repair - Photo: Antoni Rayzhekov, Martin Murer
Exhibit
Between This and That is It
Antoni Rayzhekov (BG), Martin Murer (AT) – beyond_repair
Between This and That is It / Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer – beyond_repair - Photo: Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer
Between This and That is It / Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer – beyond_repair - Photo: Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer
Between This and That is It / Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer – beyond_repair - Photo: Antoni Rayzhekov & Martin Murer
Credits
The project was realized with support from III.Lab, funded by AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology, the University of Salzburg, Land Salzburg (grant 20102/F2300416-KZP), and the Schmiede Hallein festival and participating smiths.