OMOLOGO
Your secret stays with me. The answer is for everyone to see.
In September 2024, I presented my first large-scale installation, OMOLOGO, at the Riposte Queer Day Rave at the Cause, in London. The installation invited over 300 participants to contribute to a shared “collage of thoughts.”
OMOLOGO explores the ritual of confession, allowing people to type intimate thoughts into a computer. The AI-powered installation generates a rephrased response, printed on a thermal receipt and pinned publicly, concealing the original confession, but sharing its essence with others.
ART INSTALLATION - 2024
Evgenia Angelaki (Evgenina)
Artificial Intelligence (Local and Online LLMs), Interface, Fabric, Thermal Printer, Tape, Curtain
"OMOLOGO" Is an Interactive art Installation Designed to explore the intricacies of human desires and memories through a blend of digital and analog technologies. This installation is reflecting the hidden and often mystifying nature of personal Confessions, spoken or unspoken.
The installation creates a Quasi-Sacred Space where participants engage in a modern ritual of confession and revelation, intertwining their innermost thoughts with the communal experience of discovery and surprise.
It is an Opportunity of Revealing Memoirs, anonymously.
Trying out the installation for a first time during a queer rave, with strong techno music on the background, added to the unique experience. The ravers embraced the outputs. Some people got emotional, some people laughed.
Technical Details:
At its core, the installation uses fine-tuned language models, including both local and online AI, designed to reinterpret personal confessions, and reply in a way that resonates with queer culture.
Participants interact through a simple web interface, where they type their thoughts. The AI processes these inputs in real-time, generating responses that are sent directly to a thermal printer. This printer outputs the responses as physical receipts, which participants can keep or pin up to contribute to a growing collage.
The installation combines the extreme digital with the extreme analogue.
