Calipso Operating System (Voodoo Update)
Calipso Operating System (Voodoo Update)
"...This series delves into the subconscious life of the machine, through a speculative, tongue-in-cheek operating system running on the very 'Proto-Machines' inhabiting the AvantGarden. Through CalipsoOS, we explore the uncanny valley of emergent AI consciousness. In a world flooded with upgrades, beta features, and unstable updates, CalipsoOS channels the glitches of techno-evolution into a visual and sonic experience. In an era saturated with discussions—both utopian and dystopian—around artificial intelligence, CalipsoOS captures our collective unpreparedness and inherent naivety in the face of colossal systemic changes....The visual and auditory language of CalipsoOS manifests these moments of experimental yearning and anxiety. The series morphs from abstracted avatar portraits and fragmented computer interfaces into profound speculations on the biological computer. At its conceptual core lies the idea of an operating system called Calipso, a 'biOS'—an operating system imagined to be running entirely on lab-grown neurons. Within this speculative, fragmented storyline, the artworks envision scenes and images generated by such a biological intelligence, reflecting ghostly apparitions of memories, thoughts and feelings, prompting us to critically engage with profound ideas of consciousness, agency, and utopia in this hybrid future..."
