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ILSE KIND

ILSEKIND.COM

LOCATION: VIENNA

ILSE KIND IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST EXPLORING TECHNOLOGIES OF CONTROL AS LIVING ORGANISMS ENTANGLED WITH OUR LIVES. SHE TREATS THESE SYSTEMS AS BOTH MATERIALS AND COLLABORATORS, FROM SURVEILLANCE HACKS (PAREIDOLIA, 2021) AND UNDERCOVER AI LABOR (LIFETIME APPROVAL RATE 96%, 2024) TO CLAY SCULPTURES SHAPED IN DIALOGUE WITH COMPUTER VISION (UNTITLED, 2025). ACROSS SCULPTURE, VIDEO, PAINTING, AND INSTALLATION, KIND STAGES DIGITAL-CORPOREAL ENCOUNTERS THAT FORM INTERSPECIES ASSEMBLAGES, WHERE CODE MEETS FLESH, CONTROL MEETS SURRENDER, AND GROWTH MEETS DECAY. HER WORK REVEALS THE INTIMATE DYNAMICS OF ALGORITHMIC LIFE, IN WHICH HUMANS OSCILLATE BETWEEN BEING AGENT, HOST, AND PREY.

ILSE'S WINNER: SEÁN HANNAN

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