Human Machine Fellowship 2023

Vita

Maithu Bùi is a research activist and artist who studied Philosophy and Logic at LMU Munich and Fine Arts at UdK Berlin (Lensbased class). Maithu Bùi is currently studying science and technology at the Technical University of Berlin. Bùi's works have been shown at the 12th Berlin Biennale, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and the Kunsthalle Bratislava. Maithu Bùi is co-founder of the research collective "Curating through Conflict with Care (ccc)" and the working group "art+computation" at the Gesellschaft für Informatik.

Residency

During their residency, Maithu Bùi will focus on the use of AI/ML, nanotechnology, bioengineered organisms and robots, as well as the role of marginalized communities [in the clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) and] the resulting impact on the environment.

On Demining Technologies and never-ending Wars. Operation BIOLUMsweep (2023) – research installation – explores demining processes and the exploitation of marginalized living beings and technologies in the removal of mines and explosive remnants of war and their environmental impact. Clearing explosives after wars is difficult and costly, affecting generations through traumatic experiences, chemical exposure, or physical injury. In dystopian present and future scenarios, I critically examine the use of AI/ML, bioengineered bioluminescent organisms, robots, and marginalizing groups involved in the detection and transformation of explosives.