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.
Please note: The program for the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 is still in progress.
We are currently preparing all the information for the website and plan to put the full program online in the coming days – stay tuned!