I R I N I  K A L A I T Z I D I

As Uncanny As a Body

AI generated video
2021
Athens, Greece

Posters of work, @ Irini Kalaitzidi, 2021

As Uncanny As a Body is a video work which documents the constant transition of a dancing body from an abled human state into a glitched, injured, unspecified one.

Based on the development and use of a GAN machine learning model, the visual data of a dancer are processed, and figures that manifest this in-between state are produced. What happens when AI is not used in order to optimise the performance of the dancer but rather to generate body types and movements lying beyond fixed standards and classifications? How does a poorly trained AI model perceive the body and how does it affect our perception of it? Does it remain human in all its smudges, cracks and distortions?

Extract from video, As Uncanny As a Body, Irini Kalaitzidi, 2021

Extract from video

C R E D I T S

Concept | Choreography | Tech development: Irini Kalaitzidi

Performer: Maria Vourou

Sound artist: Nikos Tsolis

Filming and Digital media support: Stathis Doganis

Special thanks to Daphne Dragona, Orestis Korakitis, Sakis Kostis and studio ΠΛΑΤΩ.

As Uncanny As a Body’ was created with the support of Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program by ARTWORKS (GR).

As Uncanny As a Body in Stanley Picker Gallery, @ Asimina Giagoudaki, 2022

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