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Synnøve Sizou Wetten

TRANSITION III

Film expérimental | 4k | couleur | 5:29 | Norvège | 2021

TRANSITION III Scientific and technological breakthroughs are constantly shaping humanity’s understanding of its own existence. With their poetic and atmospheric short film, Synnøve Sizou G. Wetten explores the existential questions which emerge when the borders between biology and technology are blurred.  The urgent need for feminist algorithms is put forth as an essential premise to facilitate and develop new and equitable systems in a digital reality. How will gender and sexuality evolve in a biotechnological future? What is consciousness? Could it be that we find ourselves in a computer- simulated reality? The film emphasizes empathy, touch, and presence as radical political tools.  Mirroring is a consistent theme of the film. Mirror neurons in the brain are essential neurological players which awaken and stimulate empathy. Essentially, the mirror neurons react to actions which we observe from others. These nerve cells exhibit the same behavior as when we reproduce the same action ourselves. Simulated mirrors are used in augmented reality (AR) technology. The futuristic characters in my film can be perceived as members and players in a growing community; an expanding neural network, displayed in their interplay and mirroring of one another. 

Synnøve Sizou G. Wetten is a visual artist, residing and working in Oslo, Norway. They studied at Konsthögskolan in Malmö and Akademie fur Bildende Kunst in Vienna. Their works have been shown at the Sydney Biennial, The National Museum of Art in Norway, Human Resources Los Angeles, KODE art museum, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Kunsthall Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Public Art Screens- i/o/lab - Senter for Fremtidskunst, Sørlandets Art Museum and Haugar Art Museum among others.