black_box_detox is an invitation to immerse, subvert, and reimagine our relationship with complex technologies. In a world of invisible algorithms and closed devices, artists unbox tech to create new, meaningful relationships that go beyond the paradigms of capitalism and control. Inventing interfaces and tinkering with models, code, and data circumvents blackboxing so that we can rediscover, re-engineer, and reconnect with our invisible and planetary networks.
black_box_detox explores unseen natural and synthetic forces that shape our lives: neural networks, algorithms, biorhythms, bird calls, fibre optics, and AI-powered mineral prospecting. These collaborations between artists and researchers instill technology with creative care, resulting in artistic robotics, generative poetics, and devices that reveal rather than conceal.
Artworks by:
Louis Braddock Clarke
Matteo Marangoni
Vincent A. Cellucci (TUD/Leiden University)
Emergence Delft (TUD)
Ana Souto Neves & Abdolrahim Tooranian (Leiden University)
MSc Creative Robotics x Cognitive Robotics (TUD)
Presented by: TU Delft Library & Crossing Parallels (TUD Science Centre)
credits
Curators: Vincent A. Cellucci & Teun Verkerk
Technicians: Sem Wevers, Hanjo Claassen, & Reimer Rigtering
DH5 Set Design: Momo Danner
Collaborators: DH5, ARS Electronica, instrument inventors initiative (iii), Leiden University (Creative Intelligence & Technology and Human AI), Emergence Delft (TU Delft ArtTech Student Dream Team), Crossing Parallels, TU Delft Robotics Institute, and Universal Robotics - Teradyne Robotics