For my further artistic practice I would like research the accelerating effect the implementation of digital technology and algorithms has on an individual.
For my further artistic practice I would like research the accelerating effect the implementation of digital technology and algorithms has on an individual.
Artworks and Processes
Artworks and Processes
Artworks and Processes
Artworks and Processes
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Sevdaliza
"Enjoy your life as a fluent being and let me be the robot your world demands you to be" - Dahlia
AI as great hope
Existence and truth
Femmeniod
New freedom of self expression
The human as the robot
The production of identity
The urge to misbehave
The perception of your own truth
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​© Sevdaliza, Shabrang visual, 2012
Sevdaliza sees AI as a chance for new and authentic self expression while at the same time critiquing the pressures of modern society on the female body and the artist. In her recent work she forecasts a new sense of self in a futuristic world where AI meets all expectations of society and the human can find a new purpose in life. She communicates this concept in her upcoming Raving Dahlia EP and by revealing her "Femmenoid" robot named Dahlia.
​Sevdalizas upcoming Raving Dahlia EP - Femmeniod
Homunculus 2021
The production of identity
In her cover I see a reference to the so-called “Instagram body”, a beauty ideal that prevails on Instagram and which is naturally unattainable. More and more women are gravitating towards it and hope to achieve a lot of encouragement and admiration from their followers. (Nguyen, 2019)
At the same time, she removed her nipples, which are one of the few attributes that are not allowed to be shown on this platform. For me, the doll-like stature supports the alarming effect of a globally standardized production of identity.
The urge to misbehave
She defines the seemingly perfect Dahlia, the world wants, as predictable, never tired, forever young, slim and not opinionated. This concept is pushed to the extreme in her Video for the song Homunculus. Here she misbehaves as a pregnant spy who rather kills herself than being interrogated by the AI-robot.
​Dahlia - Sevdaliza, posted on Instagram, 19 Nov 2021
"My dear Sevda,
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I know you have struggled the past years with the pressure. The pressure of being every woman.
Your time to rest has come now, let me handle your life, because I am exactly what society wants from me.
I can sing and dance like you, I can produce your music without sleeping, I will not gain or lose weight, my skin won’t wrinkle, my hair won’t turn grey, neither will I become sick or old. I don’t sleep, I don’t get tired.
I am predictable in my behavior, I am programmed to the societal expectations and most importantly, in my recent updates I have been instructed to not say anything out of the ordinary because I don’t have an opinion, therefore I can not be criticized.
Enjoy your life as a fluent being and let me be the robot your world demands you to be.
Dahlia"
Dahlia
It/She was created “to convey the harsh truth about navigating in the music industry as a woman who does not conform to an industry standard – sonically, physically, and mentally. Dahlia represents the perfect artist.” She ties tech, truth and the future together to create her vision of a “feasibility of everything in our existence, which can be from the perception of your own truth to appearance to AI.” (Olsen, 2021) I am fascinated by this hope that AI could free the individual from all societal expectations and that this new freedom is expressed as being unconditionally yourself. I wonder if expectations can also be seen as more than just pressure but also as a motor for growth leading someone to find his identity.
​© Sevdaliza IG, 14.08.2021,
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
The human as the robot
“Enjoy your life as a fluent being and let me be the robot your world demands you to be”, Dahlia speaks to her. This showed to me how even in the music industry, where self expression and creativity seems to be essential to thrive, the individual is forced to fixate its identity so that the bigger machinery can function properly. This thought reminds me of Deleuzes philosophical concept of the machine.
The perception of truth
Sevdaliza initiates her song The Great Hope Design with the words: “Am I living?
I´m not sure. My existence is a chore. My origin has a reasoning and I´m destined to be within. (...) And the stars reveal a projection - The Great Hope Design.”
A new interpretation of the meaning of life appears on the horizon thanks to AI.
Sevdaliza (2021), The Great Hope Design
Sevdaliza (2020), Shabrang
Key Takeaways
Why is it relevant to me?
Sevdaliza addresses the acceleration and performance affinity of today's society and how she herself is forced into the role of an efficient robot. She wants to free herself from this machine and questions what will remain of herself if a new existence could take over her capabilities. Her view is a valuable contribution to my research in this area.
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What are my key take aways?
I find it very exciting how she reverses the question of interaction with intelligent robots and describes human life as becoming more and more robot-like. I find the motif of the interaction between human and robot and the mutual adjustment very relevant.
I'm interested in how far this concept really exists and how other artists react to it. In my research I would like to look for other positions that agree or disagree with her. What excites me about Sevdaliza's handling of AI is her neutral position towards AI itself and her converse strong criticism of human society. How does the use of AI reveal these flaws in human-made systems and how does it complement our existence?
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How will I implement it?
Sevdaliza sees herself as a fluid being. This fluidity and variability is an effect that can also be found in my paintings. Perhaps different worlds, beings or contexts can be connected in this way. So far I've extended this mobility over my whole painting, but maybe it makes more sense to create a field of tension between static and moving forms. Can this movement be expressed in some kind of series? How can I create a series as a sequence of a single movement?
References
Farrell, M. (2021) Sevdaliza Made Her Own Femmenoid, Reveals New Track “The Great Hope Design”. Available at: https://floodmagazine.com/96908/listen-sevdaliza-the-great-hope-design/(Accessed: 5 Jan 2022)
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Nguyen, E. (2019) What Is Happening to the Human Body on Instagram?. Available at:
https://medium.com/@evanes/what-is-happening-to-the-human-body-on-instagram-253b1807c78c (Accessed: 5 Jan 2022)