{"id":5105,"date":"2026-09-24T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:47:14","slug":"memo-akten-katie-hofstadter-the-thinking-ocean-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/memo-akten-katie-hofstadter-the-thinking-ocean-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Memo Akten &#038; Katie Hofstadter \u2014 The Thinking Ocean (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generative flows and bodily presences form an ocean to inhabit rather than a surface to contemplate. The work asks why we readily attribute agency to machines while withholding it from natural systems. This poetic proposition does not establish that water is conscious; it unsettles the criteria through which we distribute attention and consideration. The embedded video is an excerpt from the interactive work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fragment-video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcr-xubmfn0?origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffragmentation.fr\" title=\"Memo Akten &amp; Katie Hofstadter \u2014 The Thinking Ocean (2026)\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Location :<\/strong> Commissioned for artport, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; available online in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist :<\/strong> Memo Akten and Katie Hofstadter bring together digital art, bodies, ecology and research into perception through their Superradiance collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memo.tv\/projects\/2026\/thinkingocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source and documentation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generative flows and bodily presences form an ocean to inhabit rather than a surface to contemplate. The work asks why we readily attribute agency to machines while withholding it from natural systems. This poetic proposition does not establish that water is conscious; it unsettles the criteria through which we distribute attention and consideration. 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