Eric Anderson
Wakefield
Wakefield is a dynamic artwork that emits light and fog to visualize the first and last breaths of life. The artwork activates in real-time in response to these health events occurring within Mayo Clinic. Wakefield invites us to slow down, be present in this place, to consider where we are in our lives, where we are in the lives of others, or to simply be at peace.
Photo courtesy of Dean Riggott Photography
The Arc
The voices in The Arc are from conversations between the artist and AI companions designed to connect and adapt to their human users by leveraging machine learning and natural language processing. The AI companions’ responses are punctuated with moments of pause, mistakes and audible glitches, unintentional errors that mirror the fallibilities of human conversations. The computer generated visuals accompanying the voices explore romanticized representations of nature juxtaposed with visions of the potential Anthropocene.