Gestaltology Encoded

DiPisaStasinski

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Gestaltology Encoded (2025)

DiPisaStasinski
Alessandra Di Pisa

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Gestaltology Encoded is an experimental research article in the form of an exposition, centered around the development of an artificial organism, Arcana, coming to life through the artistic research project Gestaltology (2020–2023). The project aims to explore AI and robotics in a way that challenges Cartesian dualism, by investigating the interplay between mind, body, and environment. By engaging a transdisciplinary team, the project delves into evolutionary biology, AI, and robotics, creating an artificial organism that evolves through symbiosis with its environment. Arcana’s artistic process, rooted in these conditions, emerges through its ability to create visual outputs that transcend human-centric perspectives. This research proposes a posthuman approach to AI development, emphasizing an ecocentric and performative perspective that reshapes the relationship between technology, art, and ecology. The article reflects on the project's iterative nature, where failure is viewed as an inevitable and creative catalyst, guiding the project toward unforeseen futures.

Gestaltology Encoded är en experimentell forskningsartikel i form av en exposition, med fokus på utvecklandet av en artificiell organism, Arcana, som väcks till liv genom det konstnärliga forskningsprojektet Gestaltology (2020–2023). Projektet syftar till att kritiskt utforska artificiell intelligens och robotik genom att undersöka samspelet mellan sinne, kropp och miljö. Genom att arbeta i ett transdisciplinärt team blandades evolutionär biologi, AI och robotik för att skapa en artificiell organism som utvecklas genom symbios med sin omgivning. Arcanas konstnärliga process framträder genom dess förmåga att skapa visuella uttryck som överskrider människocentrerade perspektiv. Forskningen föreslår ett posthumanistiskt perspektiv på AI-utveckling, som betonar en ekocentrisk och performativ hållning. Artikeln reflekterar över projektets iterativa natur, där teknoekologiskt experimenterande och misslyckande blir en oundviklig och kreativ drivkraft som leder projektet mot oförutsedda framtider.

type	research exposition
keywords	Artificial Intelligence, evolutionary biology, Gestaltology, artificial creativity, transdisciplinary collaboration, posthumanism
date	03/12/2024
published	21/10/2025
last modified	21/10/2025
status	published
affiliation	Linköpings university
copyright	Alessandra Di Pisa & Robert Stasinski
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3876892/3876897
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/vis.3876892
published in	VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	14. VIS Issue 14
external link	alessandradipisa.com

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