A dialogue with an intelligent conversational agent named “Electric Friend” unfolds while the visual reconstructions of memories form a digital 3D photo album. “Electric Friend” envisions a shared future between humans and artificial intelligence, examining how computer algorithms affect the ways in which humans communicate and form relationships, as well as the need for intimacy and companionship in a time when the concept of distance is becoming a matter of perspective.
Nikos Kostopoulos is a visual artist working with lens-based media and researching narratives in ambiguous spaces that can be found in the virtual and physical public sphere. He has acquired a MA in Photography from AKV St. Joost (NL). He has completed various audiovisual productions in Europe and Western Asia and participated in exhibitions and festivals around the world. In 2020 he co-founded PHĒNO_space for imaginative arts practices in Thessaloniki (GR), that produces and presents audiovisual works and creates educational programs in contemporary art.
