This
paper investigates the intersection of artificial intelligence and the aging
processes through two artistic research projects conducted as part of a
practice-based doctorate at École Universitaire de Recherche (EUR) ArTeC. AI is
frequently conceived in terms of performance, optimization, and transcending
human limits. In
other words, in terms of its omnipotence. In this article, however, I suggest
considering AI in accordance with its material
dependencies, its slowness, its failures, and the bodies it usually
marginalizes. I
propose placing childhood
and old age, often excluded from contemporary technological practices, at the center of
a critical
and creative process. The projects an·other
voice (2023), La Mue (2024) and Quand la parole se mêle à des objets, qui se mêle à
l’argile, qui se mêle à la machine (2022-25)
took place in two different
sites within Paris: the Institute for Research and Coordination in
Acoustics/Music (IRCAM), a collaborative research institute bringing together
composers and scientists, and the Furtado Heine nursing home, a care facility
for people requiring ongoing medical support.
