Not Fixed

What if machines can think? Machines are the "New Kind" we humans made but they are not born. We’re concerned the machines might grow consciousness if technology continues to develop like how humans were created. However, I wonder if machines have a consciousness, there should be no difference between a simple switch and an AI. How about a printer that only works whenever it wants, or a computer that you have to open in a specific way?

Old machines that make no sense and go wild which is different from the new fresh-made machines from the market often trigger me to think if we still understand these human creations. "Not Fixed" is an installation that observes the relationship between machines by fixing them, connecting/matchmaking them, breaking them. As a fixer, the machines gave me a lot of challenges trying to understand them, they have their way of working without being conscious of the user. Some of them are too old, some of them are too broken. Part of them are breathing their last breath, part of them are surely dead. All of them are stubborn, which makes me believe somehow they can think or are just not fixed yet.

About Nai-Syuan Ye

Nai-Syuan Ye is a Taiwanese designer whose primary focus is on research-based projects through mediums like video, photography, installation, and prints. She finds inspiration from topics such as identity, information sharing, privacy, politics, and relation between people, countries, machines, and audiences. Nai-Syuan tends to deliver a sentimental and personal view with her work, touching upon the border of being a designer and spectators.

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