Beneath the Code

This was an experiment in system collision. Thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, we embedded participatory art and Indigenous-led storytelling inside processes usually reserved for optimization and prediction. And it was an adventure.

Error! They told us.

Format not found. Cognition, once a labyrinth of synaptic murmurs, now sways to binary incantations, rewired by algorithms that dictate pathways before we can wander

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Like Ink On Ice

Carried in the Cold, Not in the Cloud The metaphor “like ink on ice, stories unspooling like smoke in the air” vividly captures the fragile

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Against the backdrop of Executive Order 14168, the fractured paintbrush on a dark canvas symbolizes the National Endowment for the Arts' drastic shift away from supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The stark contrast between the vibrant potential of artistic expression and the encroaching darkness reflects the chilling impact of funding cuts under conservative mandates. As marginalized artists face unprecedented challenges, the arts community must rally to protect the transformative power of creative freedom.

Nothing About This Is Neutral

This project emerged from a refusal to treat data as neutral or storytelling as decorative. Through a year of critical experimentation supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, this work interrogates the architectures of artificial intelligence and participatory art as overlapping systems of meaning-making.

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