Information processing organisms
Information processing organisms, 2015
HD video, 9'56 ; steel, 90 x 73,6 x 45 cm
Information Processing Organisms is a pseudo-science video inspired by plant neurobiology, a science that explores how plants sense and respond to their surroundings. Although plants don’t have neurons in the biological sense, they may have a system of intelligence location in their root system. By merging "plant" and "neurobiology," the work challenges the traditional view of plants as passive organisms, proposing an expanded understanding of intelligence present in slower, less visible forms of awareness.
Filmed within a photography studio, the video becomes a metaphor for perception and understanding, drawing a parallel between a plant species and a flatbed scanner as two bodies with “information processing capabilities”. Viewing System shows the video on an LCD screen installed horizontally, suggesting an overlooking gaze from above, not unlike a researcher bent over their experiment.
Through this interplay of light, form, and fragmentation, Information Processing Organisms weaves together scientific references and subjective contemplation in an attempt to recognize intelligence in non-human forms, and the limits of our own perception.
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Filmée dans un studio de photographie, la vidéo devient une métaphore de la perception et de la compréhension, établissant un parallèle entre une espèce végétale et un scanner photographique, comme deux corps dotés de "capacités de traitement de l'information". Viewing System diffuse la vidéo sur un écran LCD installé à plat, suggérant un regard plongeant, à l'image d'un chercheur penché sur son expérience.
À travers ce jeu de lumière, de forme et de fragmentation, Information Processing Organisms tisse des références scientifiques et une contemplation subjective dans une tentative de reconnaître l'intelligence dans des formes non humaines et les limites de notre propre perception.
Exhibition views 10:10 Time as an agent, LiveInYourHead, Geneva (Switzerland), 2015
Photos : © Baptiste Coulon
Information Processing Organisms (stills)