Game of Life

Installation view at Dittrich & Schlechtriem. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023

Exploring the relationship between humans, nature and technology

Printed circuit boards (PCB) with conducting paths and soldered microchips, autonomous driving bonsai tree, tent with solar panels, grow light, NFJT framed in aluminium, flip dot modules, driver, coding, vegetated graphics processing unit (GPU), AI computer, table and chairs, coffee maker, chandelier with three speakers and three seedlings communicating by AI.

A semi-autonomous bonsai-robot wanders through space, interacting with and capturing viewers with its camera eye. Three AI voices converse about the viewer and contemplate the future of life on earth. Pictures of alternate realities generated by AI are translated and processed into the structure of printed circuit boards (PCBs). Game of Life constructs a space that puts our role as humans into question, allowing us to explore the potentialities of our relationships with technology, nature, and the future.

Programmed by Daan Lockhorst and Konrad Hinkelmann

Co-produced by Tree and Rocket

The Game 2023, Flip dot modules, driver, coding, framed in aluminium. Photo by Manuel Carreon Lopez 2024

Autonom Bonsai Robot, part of Hybrid Estate 2023. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023

Movement to Venus 2023, printed circuit board (PCB) created through the metallic conductor tracks of a circuit board, microchip, aluminium frame, museum glass. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023

Hybrid Estate 2023, Autonom driving bonsai-tree, tent with solarpanel, grow light. Photo by Manuel Carreon Lopez 2024

Joint Venture 2023, vegetated graphics processing unit (GPU), framed in aluminium. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023

Installation View at Galerie Kandlhofer. Photo by Manuel Carreon Lopez 2024

Blowin' in the Wind 2023, printed circuit board (PCB) created through the metallic conductor tracks of a circuit board, microchip, aluminium frame, museum glass. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023

Conspiracy Theory 2023, AI computer, coffee maker, chandelier with three speakers and three seedlings communicating by AI, table, chairs, dimensions variable. Photo by Jens Ziehe 2023