What makes you, ‘you’?

‘Our Future Selves’ by Random International presents viewers with their full-length reflection, three-dimensionally distributed as points of light. Although the image is reduced in resolution, enough detail remains to recognise human form.

Based on research on Cybernetics and our evolutionary instinct to perceive behaviour through motion, Random International began to experiment with simulating life in moving points of light, distilling details to a minimum.
The encounter evokes familiarity, mystery and an uncertain dance with our self image. Be mesmerised at how the crucial details that make you “you” still shine through abstraction. Through distinct patterns of movement, Our Future Selves questions and ultimately redefines how we perceive ourselves in this ever-evolving digital age.

— About Random International
Established in 2005, Random International is a postdigital art group exploring the impact of technological development on the human condition. Best known for their large-scale interactive installations, the group works across an array of media including sculpture, light, kinetics, video, print, and sound. Led by founders Hannes Koch (b.1975, Germany) and Florian Ortkrass (b.1975, Germany), the group has a studio in London and comprises a global team of complimentary talent. Experimental by nature, Random International’s practice is fuelled by research and scientific discovery. The group aims to broaden the question of what it is to be alive today by experimenting with how we connect — to different kinds of life, to different views of the world, and to one another.