Phytopoiesis

Scenocosme

Artwork description:
Phytopoiesis is an interactive visual and sound art installation. It is composed of a living plant capable of generating images using artificial intelligence. Phytopoiesis generates images and sounds that are constantly renewed. It generates prompts, and is interfaced with the open AI StableDiffusion. This plant dreams of hybridizing with human beings.

This interactive artwork present a plant that reacts to the human touch. Sensitive to our electrostatic energy, it reacts to our touch and proximity with evolving sound characters and images. By being interfaced with a computer, the plant has the ability to send requests prompts to an artificial intelligence in order to generate original images resulting from hybridization between plant organisms and human beings. Intelligence is a human notion. Most human beings consider their intelligence above all other forms of life. In this interactive installation conducted by an AI, the visual and sound immersion of interactions questions the place and consideration of each living being.

The hybridization of AI with a plant generates a singular symbolic crossing of flesh and sap and encourages us to dream of more balance, equality, and interregnum empathy. This interactive artwork questions the evolution of art and technology, as well as the consideration of non-human intelligences. How could a living being other than a human have a specific relationship with an AI? How might a plant interact with it? Can the capabilities of a plant be increased through the use of artificial intelligence? In this case, can the plant be considered an artist?