Machine Membranes originates in a shared interest in science fiction and in the dystopian, yet alluring aspects of technological development. It explores how machines surround us more and more and gradually become part of us, and how we are tracked in our increasingly mediated way of being in the world.
Technology has become the body's new membrane for existence, artist Nam June Paik once stated. In this new performance work titled Machine Membranes by Nayara Leite, Marie Nerland and Mari Kvien Brunvoll, they explore relations between technology and the human body.
Machine Membranes explores how we are tracked by sensors and algorithms in experiencing the world. The performance presents some aspects in the development of the membranes between the human body and machines – from the first typewriter called cembalo scrivano to the present-day machines that scan the reactions of the human body and thus increase its potential for surveillance.
This is the first invention of Machine Membranes, created during a mini residency at Lydgalleriet and it will be performed once. Parts of the material ofwas developed in a studio residency at BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts.
Supported by Bergen City Council.