A.I. Collective: FUTURE OF DIGITAL SELF

In the video "FUTURE OF DIGITAL SELF", the AI Collective deals with the development of artificial intelligence, Internet of Bodies and biotechnology and their impact on society.
Here, an avatar examines the growing importance of digital identities and asks whether discrimination and racism can be overcome in the metaverse. Facing an imminent update, the avatar ponders aspects of ethnicity, gender, and our augmented bodies.

  • Mag ben Atig
    Director
  • Mag ben Atig
    Writer
  • Mag ben Atig
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 7, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 35mm RED 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • BYOB Basel Media Art Festival organized by HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste / House of Electronic Arts) - Swiss competence centre and museum for artforms that address and reflect upon media and tech.
    Basel
    Switzerland
    May 11, 2023
Director Biography - Mag ben Atig

Mag ben Atig is a multimedia artist, film director, activist, 
and co-founder of the Artist Intelligence collective. 
As Arab-German with northern-African roots, his work 
utilizes the framework of post-colonial critique in order to 
deal with questions of representation, hierarchies and 
dominant narratives facing migrant and PoC communities 
nowadays.
His Art practice centers racial justice,  engendering
racial liberation, examines AI & algorithmic biases and how
tech and discrimination intertwine.
Ben Atig's art is situated between film, AR/VR interfaces and 
large scale Installations.
He is currently based in Zürich and Tunis and is a Vistiting Professor on AI and Ethics at the MCA, Hamburg.

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Director Statement

Let's explore the development of more inclusive and sustainable models of living in the future.