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"Is This Your True Intention to Participate?" — Simulated Interrogation and Hidden Control in an Agent-Driven Installation

SessionSubversive Agencies

DescriptionAs crime becomes increasingly technology-driven and complex, questions of agency and moral responsibility demand renewed scrutiny. Drawing on cultural criminology and art psychology, this project examines how AI-driven systems can operate simultaneously as tools of introspection and mechanisms of control. Informed by case studies and professional interviews, we created the Interrogator — a series of interactive artworks employing affective computing methods such as facial expression recognition and conversational analysis. Across two exhibitions, the artworks immersed visitors in interactive, technology-driven encounters that encouraged self-awareness and reflection on their own actions and agency. This project underscores the potential of interactive art to transform emerging technologies into sites of critical thinking on agency and responsibility.

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