The work begins at the Oracle of Dodona. Copper is the main material of the installation: a copper sheet, two tubes, and the bell of my old trumpet. The oracle emerges through an algorithm, twenty-one random conditions and a “conversation” between Max/MSP/Jitter, Python, and ChatGPT. The construction borrows listening technologies and modes of mediating information from both the past and the present.
The installation explores the relationship between prophecy and algorithm, positioning ChatGPT as a contemporary oracle: from the sacred act of divination in antiquity (the self-fulfilling prophecy) to its current, often problematic everyday use - from horoscopes and televised fortune-telling to applications that respond to every possible question. This dialogue brings to the surface technological, ethical, and legal questions: deceptive deepfakes, platforms that exercise political influence, generate discourse, and turn information into consumption.
In this ocean of information, listening contracts and the gaze narrows to notifications; streams and algorithms determine what we have time to watch and listen to. Chaos turns into noise, and within that noise, euphemism blooms: information becomes knowledge, speculation becomes hustle culture, hate speech becomes freedom of expression, non-inclusive narratives become conservative activism, genocide becomes a struggle for democracy, and the list goes on.
At the same time, the work highlights the creative use of artificial intelligence. Here, AI functions as a random and unpredictable variable within an open field of choices deciding on its own what to construct and perform through its synthetic voice.