Giulia Bini

𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗷 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗹 (@sahejrahal), 𝘼𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙞 – On view at @epflpavilions – Pavilion A until June 29.

In a world where artificial intelligence, powered by mega-corporations, threatens to reduce conscious experience to a mere mechanical process, Sahej Rahal takes a stand by creating immersive, audio-reactive virtual worlds. 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘪 is an immersive and interactive installation that explores a form of non-human cognition centered on sensory interaction and touch. The word “atithi” means “visitor/guest” in Hindi, but it also refers to a being outside of linear time, unbound by fixed beginnings or endings. In the work, AI-driven tentacles wander through the ruins of an abandoned temple. Each tentacle is a creature that acts as both body and brain, a hybrid of mind and flesh, forming a quasi-sentient collective entity. Visitors can interact with them by touching conductive plates: each tactile gesture triggers a movement-based response from the AI tentacles, creating a nonverbal, haptic dialogue: an extra-linguistic conversation across the porous boundaries of myth, machine, mind, and memory.

Commissioned and produced by the EPFL CDH AiR Program 2024: Enter the Hyper-Scientific (@enterthehyperscientific).

©️ Sahej Rahal, 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘪, 2025

Part of HALOS, featuring Sahej Rahal and Emilia Tapprest @nvisiblestudio.
Exhibition in conjunction with @mudaclausanne Solar Biennale

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🐙 ~ not to be missed 🪄

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