Cyborg T.A.R.O.T.

Teratological Apophenia of Randomized Organic TransgressionsA noisy tarot machine exploring posthuman contingencies. Duration: Approximately 3 minutes.108,900^3 combinations. Each reading is unique to its user. Webcam optional but recommended. Play loud in an appropriate contextCyborg T. A. R. O. T. is an android revealing how bodies and technical devices amplify, contaminate, and alter one another. The experience seeks to provoke reflection through maximalist combinatorics, sensory saturation, and a feedback loop between algorithmic generative AI models and the human engaging in the experience. Ultimately, this project aims to deepen the speculative potentials of tarot as described by the Italian technoccult organization Gruppo di Nun: “Tarot makes manifest the idea that the cosmos is a cybernetic organism in a continuous process of recombination.“The downloadable version is an adaptation of the software behind the MK3 physical installation developed during an art residency at Sporobole, located in Sherbrooke, QC.  MK4 will include facial recognition and biofeedback. Cyborg T. A. R. O. T. was presented at Festival ECRÃ (Rio de Janeiro) and is part of the Digital Double online show, a pavilion of the Wrong Biennale curated by Zhengzhou & Zhengyang - https://doubled.digital/