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STANDING PINE Tokyo is pleased to present intext’s solo exhibition ‘Voice Transaction’ from Saturday 18th, January.
As global communication through AI and automated translation expands, messages become detached from their original intent and start to take on different connotations, are misunderstood and become consumed. This exhibition explores the implications of this phenomenon.
The installation is based on Orson Welles' classic film ’Citizen Kane’ and focuses on a scene in which newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane and his second wife, opera singer Susan Alexander, are conversing. In this scene, the two are inside a tent while traveling, expressing their emotions and arguing. However, in this installation, the film’s subtitles and stage props have been altered to feature the logotypes of NASDAQ-listed companies and stock market index information, while the video and audio undergo retranslation through generative AI.
The transformation of the film depicting a businessman at the mercy of capitalism—through images and technologies that symbolise modern global capitalism—disrupts its original narrative. At the same time, this alteration recontextualises the film in the present, allowing viewers to envision new interpretations.
By playfully shaking up our cognitive tendencies to derive meaning—even in conversations mediated by AI and machine translation—this exhibition invites viewers to reconsider the fundamental nature of language and speech that underpin human communication.
As global communication through AI and automated translation expands, messages become detached from their original intent and start to take on different connotations, are misunderstood and become consumed. This exhibition explores the implications of this phenomenon.
The installation is based on Orson Welles' classic film ’Citizen Kane’ and focuses on a scene in which newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane and his second wife, opera singer Susan Alexander, are conversing. In this scene, the two are inside a tent while traveling, expressing their emotions and arguing. However, in this installation, the film’s subtitles and stage props have been altered to feature the logotypes of NASDAQ-listed companies and stock market index information, while the video and audio undergo retranslation through generative AI.
The transformation of the film depicting a businessman at the mercy of capitalism—through images and technologies that symbolise modern global capitalism—disrupts its original narrative. At the same time, this alteration recontextualises the film in the present, allowing viewers to envision new interpretations.
By playfully shaking up our cognitive tendencies to derive meaning—even in conversations mediated by AI and machine translation—this exhibition invites viewers to reconsider the fundamental nature of language and speech that underpin human communication.
Schedule | Jan 18 (Sat) 2025-Feb 8 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jan 18 (Sat) 2025 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://standingpine.jp/en/exhibitions/72 | ||||
| Venue | Standing Pine Tokyo https://standingpine.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Terrada Art Complex Ⅰ, 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 | ||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from exit B at Tennozu Isle Station on the Rinkai line, 10 minute walk from the South exit of Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail line, 9 minute walk from the North exit of Shimbamba Station on the Keikyu line. | ||||
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