Anderson begins her dialogues with non-human beings through long sessions of observation, then she applies liquid paint onto these objects in order to free them from their primary functionality.

 

During the "TECHNOLOGICAL DANCES", these objects are transformed through states of trance, becoming "AWAKENING OBJECTS".

 

In the age of AI, where objects are increasingly optimised, the "AWAKENED OBJECTS" act as witnesses rather than as tools. They anticipate a near future shaped by AGI, in which intelligence becomes abundant; attention rare; presence becomes political and memory sacred. They function as sites of resistance to cognitive outsourcing