Barabonda (2019) series creates minimal electronic music as a form of language. In Language, I translate my personal thoughts into Morse code, forming a new mode of communication through minimal rhythms and musical notes, conveyed visually through moving diagram-like elements.

Creating art with strong themes within political stalemates can complicate public interaction. While strong tones are sometimes necessary to communicate political ideas and thoughts, in Language, I convey concepts and political ideas through minimal rhythms and musical notes instead of spoken language. This approach invites the audience to reflect, contemplate deeply, and engage, enabling a more fundamental exploration of ideas.

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In Language, repetitive, moving diagrams encourage the audience to understand this new minimal language approach. For example, scientists at Kyoto University trained a chimpanzee named Ai (born in 1976) by repeatedly showing it colors and words (Kanji) on a computer screen. Through exposure to repetitive rectangular images and colors, Ai practiced linking them with words and eventually understood the relationship between human language and images. Additionally, when Ai selected the correct word based on the visual image, it received a treat from a vending machine, learning the associative rule between visual images and human words.

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Similarly, humans undergo similar learning processes, as outlined by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s theory of language games. As infants, we practiced language through repeated exposure to objects like apples—despite their varying shapes, colors, and tastes—accompanied by verbal and visual examples to grasp the essence of the concept.

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In Language, this primitive technique effectively supports the connection between my minimal, electronic language and visual ideas.

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The work Language raises important questions about how humanity will communicate with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the future. The linguistic and visual symbol systems that humans use are naturally formed within specific cultural and social contexts, yet such contexts are absent for AI. The piece implies that for AI to understand human language and senses, repetitive and gradual learning is necessary, sparking new imaginings about how AI might interpret and internalise human linguistic systems.

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In other words, the work highlights the limitations of human language and symbolic systems in AI communication, suggesting the need for a new language or system that can foster mutual understanding between humans and AI. Such an approach opens the way for AI to effectively grasp human emotions and abstract concepts, ultimately making human-machine interactions more natural and meaningful.

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I carefully combined theories and techniques using 16mm film, digital video, woodworking, and metalworking. Every element, from installation, filming, graphic design, writing, sound design, and musical composition, was crafted meticulously to ensure a clear expression of my ideas.