Open call for “Moving Point Observation Station (35.39.36.02/139.42.5.98)” operators (work shop participants)!
The CCBT Artist Fellow TMPR will open a research base at CCBT “Moving Point Observation Station (35.39.36.02/139.42.5.98),” where AI and humans collaborate to observe the world, as part of the project “Tracing the Landscape That AI Beheld: An Artificial Intelligence Travelogue.” The station will hold observation workshops daily, and will also exhibit and showcase research and observation results.
“Moving Point Observation Station (35.39.36.02/139.42.5.98)”
Scarcely a day goes by in which artificial intelligence is not in the news. But many people still remain uncertain about how they can interact with AI in their lives. In the Tracing the Landscape That AI Beheld: An Artificial Intelligence Travelogue project, 2023 CCBT artist fellow TMPR will open the Moving Point Observation Station (35.39.36.02/139.42.5.98) as an experiment in monitoring the world in collaboration with AI. From their base at the observation station, the participants will walk routes set according to their team, and AI will then predict their experiences from those routes. How do these AI predictions differ from the actual experiences of the human body? Where do they synchronize?
The project will recruit “operators” (participants) for a workshop at the Moving Point Observation Station in which humans will observe the world alongside AI. It will show the research being undertaken by the operators, and then exhibit that progress and the results of the observations. We look forward to welcoming visitors and participants to the Moving Point Observation Station.
“Operators” (participants) recruitment
Dates：Friday, January 12 – Sunday, January 14, 2024
Tuesday, January 16 – Sunday, January 21, 2024
Time：1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, The workshop starts every hour on the hour (Five times/day)
Capacity：6 people/session (accepted up to three people at one application)
Application deadline：12:00 pm the day before the desired date of application
Participation Fee：Free
Application：Apply using the application form (Peatix) below.
“Tracing the Landscape That AI Beheld: An Artificial Intelligence Travelogue”
This project by Tokyo Moving Point Researchers (TMPR), which comprises members with different expertise in various design fields, explores the relationship between humans and the information society, with a focus on AI. During its period as a 2023 CCBT artist fellow, TMPR will develop applications, design and devise workshops, review and consider the data obtained, and produce a documentation book about this. As part of the project, the Moving Point Observation Station will host a participatory workshop that examines how experiences of the human body diverge from or synchronize with predictions made by artificial intelligence based on past data and the trajectory of human activities. Utilizing a fictional story, it prompts us to update our perceptions of the technology that lurks beneath the surface of everyday life, and attempts to normalize the symbiosis of technology and humankind.
Artist Fellow
TMPR (Iwasawa Brothers + Horikawa Junichiro + Miyama Yu + Nakata Kazue)
Tracing the Landscape That AI Beheld: An Artificial Intelligence Travelogue
CCBT Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs, the Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better. Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.
