The Haruspex Machine
A speculative project that questions the preemptive nature of predictions generated through machine-learning systems. Its users are invited to deposit a sample of genetic material, give access to their bank accounts and all digital information linked to them, in order to receive a prediction about their future. As the user interacts with the machine over time, the predictions get better and the user can get a more accurate foresight further into the future.
This project explores questions about agency and free will, and how they exist under speculative systems that bring about their own reality and functioning like self-fulfilling prophecy devices.
Year
2017
Project Category
Speculative design / Object design / Interaction design
Technical specifications:
Object: Wood, MDF, aluminium, glass, plexiglass
Hardware: thermal printer, Arduino, DC motor, proximity sensors, potenciometer, LEDs
Exhibitions
Diplômes 2017 MA Media Design HEAD - Geneva, Switzerland
Diploma project to obtain MA-Media Design degree. Developed under the tutorship of Dominic Robson, Jürg Lehni & Gordan Savičić.
Studio photography by Raphaëlle Mueller © HEAD
