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I love my computer

The focus of the installation is the co-dependency between a machine and its owner/human, as well as their differences.

The computer, as both a personal companion and an opaque technological entity, serves as the focal point of this work. Its physical form—sleek, intimate, and often overlooked—invites close observation, while its inner workings remain largely mysterious. This contrast between surface familiarity and internal complexity opens a space for poetic reflection. Rather than offering technical insight, the piece embraces the emotional, aesthetic, and symbolic dimensions of human-machine relationships.

"I love my computer" is a multimedia exploration of the complex, intimate, and ultimately fragile relationship between a human and their aging machine. At the heart of the project lies a sentimental bond with a once-reliable computer—now deteriorating, slow, and drifting from functionality. The work contemplates the shared history between the two entities and raises existential questions about agency and attachment: who determines the end of such a relationship—the human, or the machine itself?

The project navigates the blurred boundaries between animate and inanimate, between care and utility. Through audiovisual materials, poetic reflections, and comparative studies of organic and mechanical bodies, the piece investigates whether commonalities exist between the human and the machine—physiologically, emotionally, or structurally.

By shifting perspectives, the work seeks to portray how the computer might perceive its human counterpart, while also revealing how the human projects meaning onto the machine. Underlying the project is a central inquiry: can a relationship between a machine and a non-machine be imagined as one of mutual recognition—perhaps even as equals?

Original texts

Project name: I love my computer

this multimedia installation artwork is about the relationship of a computer and its human and the love they have for one another.

disclaimer

no generative AI will be used for the creation of this artwork.

basic information

the focus of the artwork is the co-dependency between a machine and its owner/human, as well as their differences. It is presented as an installation.

background idea

I have wanted to make an artwork about my computer for a long time now and I feel like this class is the perfect place for it. Bodies of machines are fascinating to me and I love to look at them. I don't understand much about the inner workings of computers so this project will have a more poetic aspect to it too.

idea

I feel love for my old computer but at the same time it is dying and almost unusable for its purpose. We have lived with each other for such a long time and now that relationship is basically ready to die but who decided that? The machine or me? and how could we maintain a relationship? if my computer could speak our language what would it say? - in this project I will create a multimedia artwork about the relationship between my late computer and me. It will focus on the life of a machine and human together and how a relationship like that works. I will compare our parts and see if they are similar in any way or if we have anything in common. The body of machine and non-machine.

Through different mediums I will depict our relationship with each other, I will try to show how I see my computer and how my machine might see me. Another aspect I want to explore is if it is possible to have a relationship between a machine and non-machine as equals.

planned goals & artworks

painting, comic, animation, sound piece, photography, sculpture and website that documents the work

more detailed:

- painting of how machine and non-machine embrace each other

- comic depicting language barrier

- the body of a machine and non-machine connecting

technical description

installation

references

- Fernando Pessoa - Book of Disquiet for its poetry about being human and what makes us different than machines

- Internet dream (1994) by Nam June Paik

- wounds of christ - Damien Hirst

- the body horror of Akira (1988)

- more to be added -

other

wikimedia - open source images new art city - virtual art space

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+===I love my computer===
+The focus of the installation is the co-dependency between a machine and its owner/human, as well as their differences.
+The computer, as both a personal companion and an opaque technological entity, serves as the focal point of this work. Its physical form—sleek, intimate, and often overlooked—invites close observation, while its inner workings remain largely mysterious. This contrast between surface familiarity and internal complexity opens a space for poetic reflection. Rather than offering technical insight, the piece embraces the emotional, aesthetic, and symbolic dimensions of human-machine relationships.
+"I love my computer" is a multimedia exploration of the complex, intimate, and ultimately fragile relationship between a human and their aging machine. At the heart of the project lies a sentimental bond with a once-reliable computer—now deteriorating, slow, and drifting from functionality. The work contemplates the shared history between the two entities and raises existential questions about agency and attachment: who determines the end of such a relationship—the human, or the machine itself?
+The project navigates the blurred boundaries between animate and inanimate, between care and utility. Through audiovisual materials, poetic reflections, and comparative studies of organic and mechanical bodies, the piece investigates whether commonalities exist between the human and the machine—physiologically, emotionally, or structurally.
+By shifting perspectives, the work seeks to portray how the computer might perceive its human counterpart, while also revealing how the human projects meaning onto the machine. Underlying the project is a central inquiry: can a relationship between a machine and a non-machine be imagined as one of mutual recognition—perhaps even as equals?
+===Original texts===
 '''Project name:'' I love my computer'''''