I have been working with Mike Phillips to create a video projection for the Autoicon exhibit in the Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker exhibition taking place at the Whitechapel Gallery London UK between 12 Feb 2025 - 4 May 2025. The exhibition encompasses the majority of Rodney’s surviving works from 1982 to 1997 including large-scale oil pastels on X-rays, kinetic and animatronic sculptures as well as his sketchbooks and rare archival materials.

This one take 30 min conversation authentically displays the interaction which was groundbreaking for its time when it was completed in 2000. Judged by todays standards 25 years later it almost seems quaint in how it responds requiring several prompts to understand what is being asked and can seem somewhat over simplistic but still feels uniquely connected to the artists persona. A tribute to both Mike Philips who collated the media and computer programmer Adrain Ward.

Exhibition details at Whitechapel Gallery
More information about Autoicon can be found at i-dat