Loner

Serigrafia Blue lacquered frame with blue velvet background. 21 x 15 cm ( 8.3 x 6 inches). Unframed 27 x 22 cm (10.6 x 8.6 inches). Framed Contemporary relationships are built, managed, and stored through our mobile devices, which can lead us to consider these devices as an active part of our organism, that is, a bodily extension of intimate moments and human relationships. Gradually, we have come to accept the exchange of this sensitive information through free and convenient messaging or hyperconnectivity services that simultaneously transform aspects of human life into computational data. Through this process, known as datafication, large domains of social actions become susceptible to real-time tracking and predictive analysis, transforming intimacy into value and leading us to a tiered system where qualitative awareness of our emotional relationships is flattened by a quantifiable accumulation of data. There is a widespread belief in datafication as an objective reflection of human behavior. However, the algorithm employed is inherently selective and manipulative, as it identifies patterns of behavior or activities based on the data that is unconsciously left behind every time we interact with our mobile devices. These data are used to predict future behavior by grouping them into a specific number of profiles. And this is the key word: predict. A prediction is an assumption, a hypothesis… So, to what extent do users let themselves be carried away by what they are supposedly interested in in a more or less immediate future, perpetuating a system in which their free will is conditioned by the decision of a digital agent, an algorithmic combination, and to what extent are these data really reliable and faithfully reflect the personality and tastes of each one? Something like the horoscope, which interprets our personality and future tendency based on a series of data such as, in this case, the position of the stars at the time of our birth. Do all Aries have an extroverted and impatient personality? Do the interpretations of what a specific sign is and will be like cover a real spectrum of personality, or are they statements that can be randomly considered true? It is against this background that the production of the piece Dat - Astral Chart is based on, a random prediction machine that brings together 12 types of personalities based on the digital behaviour of users.