Seven Stories of Mellonopolis presents a series of speculative situations in which AI could be implemented in cities and how humans may develop cunning methods and behaviours to subvert this technology for their own individual self-interest.

 

This is neither a grand utopian or dystopian vision of the future. Instead, it is a portrait of the banal, the everyday reality of how normal people with regular human quirks find ways to get what they want in a city augmented with sophisticated yet ultimately naive artificial intelligence.

 

With AI already a part of our lives, but general artificial intelligence

a long way off, the project invites the audience to question what life may be like in the not quite smart enough, smart city. Furthermore,

the project responds to a variety of discussion points proposed by the curatorial team, including how new technology will change people’s behaviours as well as how communities will re-appropriate technology. 

 

From pretending to be a child to cross the road quicker to disguising pigeons as crows to avoid paying a fine, we invite you to meet the residents of Mellonopolis and discover their mischievous relationship

in the smart city of the not too distant future.

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In collaboration with:​

Studio Forage

Michael Pecirno

Charles Rickleton

Aline Studio

Isil Sun 孙幸琳

Sebastian Koseda