Digital Being

DIGITAL BEING: Transcendence-Jan-2018 (Self-Portrait from the Future), 2018

7(W) x 10(H) x 8(D) inch, CRT TV, LED Matrix, and Arduino

One morning, I woke from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed in my bed into an old television set — much like Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.

Once scientists or AI find a way to transfer human consciousness into machines, the choice to live forever may arise. But what if someone transfers mine without my consent? Waking up inside the machine, I might wonder: Is this truly still me?