Computer Vision News Computer Vision News 8 the machine with memories – a database where we pick and retrieve sound slices – and fit it with scenarios – temporal guides that guide the machine when generating new sounds. The idea here was to hybridize some things Gaëtan recorded and to articulate: What are the guides? What are the memories?” The installation itself is divided into three parts set in a large room. As visitors enter, they encounter a data sculpture on the floor. It processes and visualizes X (formerly Twitter) data to classify and quantify climate-skeptical discourse as a landscape of error codes. Initially, this operated in real-time, but changes in X’s policies mean it works differently now, although the core concept remains. This data-driven sculpture is accompanied by a thermal visualization that reflects the computational process’s heat generation and the amount of misinformation detected at a given time. The visualization uses colors to convey this – the warmer the installation and the higher the amount of misinformation, the warmer the color tones. SIGGRAPH 2024 Best Art Paper Award Critical Climate Machine, various material, data collection and classification program X (Twitter), octophonic sound installation, 30-inch screen, variable dimensions, 2021-2024. Installation view at Université Gustave Eiffel, 2024. © Gaëtan Robillard. Photography: Gabriel de La Chapelle.
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