SUPERFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Long-term performance (with Lea Breitschmid)
The idea here is to connect via live streaming to the day's programs on a radio stream (general-interest radio), without any distinction or prior knowledge of the programs, for 10 hours at a time, and to mutate (via a third party) the words of the program's speakers and guests (political experts, psychologists, economists, artists, etc.) and to respond in their place, projecting as many responses as possible, without falling into the trap of parody.
In the age of generalized AI and the concept of post-truth, what is the value of an individual's words on a specific issue? What can we really learn from the experts invited to speak on general-interest media (and the related constraints of accessibility for the greatest number of people)? Is it possible, despite increased specialization in one's field, to get to know a subject, avoiding subjective bias and integrating the full complexity of the world?
It's the notion of human expertise that's at stake in this live performance, which will reveal more or less convincing rhetorical acrobatics and attempts at self-legitimization.
