MIRROR MACHINE

Presented by Merz Akademie

Format

Interactive installation

Date

18. – 21.05.2026

Location

HLRS | Stuttgart

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MIRROR MACHINE
by Sofija Cvetkovic and Leni Aigner, students of Merz Akademie, University of Applied Art, Design, and Media, Stuttgart

Interactive installation, 2026.
This work explores the fragile relationship between human identity and algorithmic systems. What appears to reflect us begins to reshape us. Through an immersive installation of AI-generated video, sound and interaction, the project stages a psychological space where humans and technologies dissolve into one another. By inviting visitors to submit their own image, the work turns participation into exposure. MIRROR MACHINE questions authorship, dependency and control; does the algorithm mirror us, or do we now mirror the algorithm without realizing it?