THE BEHEADING OF THE FRUIT FLY (How will I know if you are truly a sentient being?) is a vinyl publication that deals with seductive, nevertheless problematic computer-brain-analogies while acknowledging potential other-than-human intelligence and intelligent behaviour. It unfolds a poetic narrative of a machine that is talking back. This machine questions humans’ thinking and perception of the world while expressing, at the same time, its longing for connection and for merging with its surrounding.
The vinyl of THE BEHEADING OF THE FRUIT FLY contains electromagnetic sound emission of JUQUEEN, initially the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world, located at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Every operating computer radiates electromagnetic emission in relation to the computational tasks it is processing. Not every computer, however, turns out to be such a fantastic sound machine.
Programme:
— Listening session of the sound piece
— Performative reading of the script in the publication by Antye Guenther
— Followed by a conversation together with Peter Fengler (label), Antye Guenther (maker), moderated by Maziar Afrassiabi
— Q&A session
Language English
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