NOISE NOISE examines artificial intelligence, desire, and digital abstraction not as pristine virtual phenomena, but as layered material, physical, and architectural interference. Set within an industrial space defined by raw concrete, exposed piping, and peeling, deteriorating paint, the exhibition integrates the ambient decay of its environment directly into its conceptual framework. The architecture acts as a fourth layer of noise, framing artworks that interrogate the boundary between digital generation, physical artifact, and human agency.
Central to the exhibition are three textile works from the -ness series (Dog, Face#1, and Face#2). Halting AI image generation at 20% completion these works capture the unformed state of machine vision before an image is smoothed into its typical forms of representation. Transferred onto cotton fabric and hand-dotted with ballpoint pens over long hours, the pieces stack digital artifacts, material transfer imperfections, and manual gesture onto a single surface, contrasting instant statistical processes with deliberate bodily labor.
Expanding this reflection on system authority and desire, Graph of Desire reinterprets Lacanian psychoanalysis by substituting AI at the structural position of the symbolic Other, mapping how Subjects interact with systems built from compressed, anonymous human data. Nearby, the interactive work Core introduces dynamic noise utilizing proximity sensors and screens to physically react to the presence and movement of visitors. When a visitor comes close, the patterns on the screens shift from morphing fluctuations (pink noise) toward uncorrelated noise (white noise). The distinction is taken from research on human–tool interaction, where correlated fluctuation appears while a tool is used without being noticed, and disappears when the tool becomes an object of attention.
By uniting digital latent space, physical handcraft, psychoanalytic inquiry, and the environmental entropy of the exhibition site, NOISE NOISE poses a crucial question: what remains of human intention and desire when caught in the feedback loops of automated systems?