About The Project

The Merge explores dystopian future environments and landscapes where a Material Artificial Intelligence (MAI) has been synthesized to counteract the environmental effects of the ecological crisis, which, in the not-so-distant future where the story is set, has made the atmosphere uninhabitable. This new material-based artificial intelligence system transforms objects and materials into large hollow structures that constantly grow in response to external atmospheric conditions, offering a shelter to humans and other species. This project began with a video work, which also introduces the viewer to this website, www.themerge.space, an evolving digital space meant to become a platform for digital art and speculative artistic exploration. The concept of the project and the video work have been developed during the felloship program ARTeCHO - Art, Economy & Technology, co-funded by the European Union. Thanks to Baltan Laboratories, ETOPIA Center for Art and Technology, Frankfurt School, SERN Start-up Europe, MEET Digital Culture Center.

The Merge is a project by visual artist Michele Bazzoli