The GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE! Podcasts are hosted by Legacy Russell and Victoria Sin and were recorded after the Serpentine Galleries’ GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE! Marathon, 2017, which took place at City Hall, headquarters of the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly on 7 October 2017.
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Dean Kenning is an artist and writer. His art practice ranges from kinetic sculptures to video works and diagrams. He has exhibited work at the ICA, Greene Naftali and BAK and has published articles in journals such as Third Text, Art Monthly and Mute, including on the politics of art and art education. He is Research Fellow at the Contemporary Art Research Centre, Kingston University and also teaches Fine Art at Central St Martins.
Ian Cheng’s work explores the nature of mutation and the capacity of humans to relate to change. Drawing on principles of video game design, improv, and cognitive science, Cheng has developed ‘live simulations’, living virtual ecosystems that begin with basic programmed properties, but are left to self-evolve without authorial intent or end. Cheng describes his simulations as akin to a ‘neurological gym’: a format for viewers to deliberately exercise feelings of confusion, anxiety, and cognitive dissonance that accompany the experience of unrelenting change.
Richard Evans is a Research Scientist at DeepMind, specialising in formal methods.
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