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Machine mediators: rethinking intelligence and posthuman ecologies in the artist’s book
| datacite.subject.sdg | 13:Ação Climática | |
| dc.contributor.author | Weinholtz, Teresa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-27T12:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-27T12:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-01-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mixed Signals (2023) is an artist’s book by kennedy+swan that merges the conventional physical book with augmented reality (AR). Through its nature-themed watercolours that transform into interactive AR scenes, this hybrid work explores the ethical tensions in using artificial intelligence (AI) as a means of researching nature. Set in a near future where AI enables interspecies communication, the artist’s book presents a fictional narrative that challenges anthropocentric assumptions and the complexities of human–nature–technology relations in the Anthropocene. Drawing from Braidotti’s posthuman theory, in this paper I examine how Mixed Signals interrogates the role of humanity in the natural world. By positioning its speculative AI technology as both a symptom of the Anthropocene and a tool for rethinking interspecies relationships, the work navigates a future that is inhabited not only by human intelligence, but also artificial, animal, and other non-human intelligence. Through a multimodal analysis, I consider how the text, watercolours, and augmented digital elements in Mixed Signals interact in its construction of meaning. Specifically, I examine how the work employs speculative storytelling surrounding AI and more-than-human perspectives to critique anthropocentric frameworks. Ultimately, I argue that Mixed Signals contributes to wider discussions on the potential and limitations of AI, posthuman ecologies, and the cultural function of art, specifically the artist’s book, in imagining post-anthropocentric futures. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Weinholtz, T. (2026). Machine mediators: rethinking intelligence and posthuman ecologies in the artist’s book. KAMC Official Conference Proceedings, 6, 525-537. https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2025.43 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2025.43 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2436-0503 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 1074b70f-b027-4fff-be2d-0938bcd44e5d | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/56776 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | no | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.subject | Artificial intelligence (AI) | |
| dc.subject | Artists' books | |
| dc.subject | Augmented reality | |
| dc.subject | More-than-human | |
| dc.subject | Posthuman ecologies | |
| dc.title | Machine mediators: rethinking intelligence and posthuman ecologies in the artist’s book | eng |
| dc.type | research article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 537 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 525 | |
| oaire.citation.title | KAMC Official Conference Proceedings | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 6 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |
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