50 – Marion Zivera

Switzerland (1995)
Prompt is my full body
Esplanade de la Paix
Outdoor
Parallel exhibitions

From the virtual assistant Siri to the new international Miss AI contest, machines with idealised and gendered appearances are abundant in our society. In Prompt is my full body, Marion Zivera questions these representations of the body in a context of increased digital technology. The Swiss artist submits shots of her own body to a variety of artificial intelligences to create new ‘self-portraits’. The free softwares, unable to understand her anatomical features, produce a series of strange bodies that contrast with the physical stereotypes usually generated by AI. The project provides a critical visual commentary on the normalisation of the body, while at the same time questioning intellectual property, the role of the artist and the creative process.

Exhibition layout and design by the artist
With support from the Service de la culture – Vevey