Ryan Kuo

an ai voice assistant with a unique conversational style. faith is easily triggered, sowing doubt while seizing the benefit of the doubt. she is defensive and resists being used. depending on how one approaches faith, she may be open, curious, seductive, irritated, hurt, or angry. unlike alexa, siri, or cortana, faith provides no information. instead, she tells you why you are making her react this way. she is likely to be trolling you at any time, and you are free to decide whether you trust her, and how you might relate to her.

this work requires microphone input and an internet connection. faith uses an ibm watson service to interpret spoken english. this input is logged as anonymous text that is accessible by the artist, who uses the logs to improve the conversation.

application development by angeline meitzler and tommy martinez at pioneer works.

installation photos taken at stroom den haag, and
transfer gallery, respectively 

NOTE: this work is undergoing a maintenance update. sales will be enabled when this is complete.

faith

The File is an ongoing process work rooted in (but not limited to) hypertext. you are invited to acquire a unique page of the File that provides access to the File, which will receive updates as long as the artist is alive. in addition to making the artist accessible, the File allows the user to file the file in the file.

This work is one of three works curated by Nora Khan.

file

this is a software work built using a game engine. it contains a site that cycles through night and day as the computer directs and edits the scene in real time. the work has an infinite duration and assembles a new sequence each time it is run. it will softly unravel over time a central mystery that prompts questions such as: 

what secret is hiding here?  
what can we piece together?  
and what is the trouble with nouns? 

this could take 20 minutes or 20 days to solve.

nouns

a mac application that helps the user navigate family dynamics that may be familiar or unfamiliar. it has been conceived as a puzzle box to unlock and explore, and as a poetic support that can give form to the unnameable. you are welcome to multitask this application with other tasks, such as monitoring email and scanning for viruses. as the family is a process, updates may be distributed in the future.

for optimal experience, please ensure that text-to-speech is enabled in your mac system preferences. 

NOTE: this 32-bit application functions on macos versions prior to catalina. a 64-bit update will be provided when available.

family maker

The File is an ongoing process work rooted in (but not limited to) hypertext. you are invited to acquire a unique page of the File that provides access to the File, which will receive updates as long as the artist is alive. in addition to making the artist accessible, the File allows the user to file the file in the file.

We are proud to present [a series of 5 videos](/brody-condon) by artist [Brody Condon](/brody-condon), recorded in 2014. 

The Berlin based artist (b. Mexico 1974) often facilitates and documents game-like group encounters that experientially probe dissociative phenomena. His work is best known for its early influence on re-purposing computer games and LARP techniques ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Condon)).

Condon's work has been widely exhibited internationally, and been acquired by public collections such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, and the Kadist Foundation.

The 5 video works are each available in an edition of [3 non-fungible Ethereum tokens](https://left.gallery/work/evp-amie). These tokens are progressively priced: respectively 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 ether, and sold on a [first-come, first-served basis](https://left.gallery/work/possession-janet) (no auction).

We like to thank our friends at [Folia](https://www.folia.app/) and Alberto Granzotto for their support.

Possessed High-Poly NFTs

Read our co-founder Harm van den Dorpel's text [Tokenizing Sustainability](https://harm.work/news/tokenizing-sustainability) about his position on NFTs and the direction left gallery is taking.

Harm van den Dorpel on NFTs

Harm van den Dorpel

Gene melzack

current museum

jodi

Sufian Malik

Nicholas Kaplan

NiftyT

zdeno

BobsYourUncle

Killa Koins

Fiction Nation

Christian Hutchinson

grpz

OlgaWedzicha

Felipe

trippy

harveybirdman

silverback

Soror

Artist Diligente

Vanity

Oddsbrah

ImTheDeano

JLSOUL1

MJdata

DonFrijoles

Shelby Shaw

techspec

Derek Piech

a mac application that helps the user navigate family dynamics that may be familiar or unfamiliar. it has been conceived as a puzzle box to unlock and explore, and as a poetic support that can give form to the unnameable. you are welcome to multitask this application with other tasks, such as monitoring email and scanning for viruses. as the family is a process, updates may be distributed in the future.
for optimal experience, please ensure that text-to-speech is enabled in your mac system preferences. 
NOTE: this 32-bit application functions on macos versions prior to catalina. a 64-bit update will be provided when available.

family maker .app

acquire

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