Becoming (2013) is a live artificially intelligent installation in which an abstract body tries to master all the movements present in an iconic 1980s science-fiction film.
Becoming was created by Marc Downie in collaboration with Nick Rothwell. Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection in London, the artwork was part of the Thinking with the Body exhibition there, where it ran live from September 15 through October 27 2013.
The virtual agent of Becoming was used by choreographer Wayne McGregor in his London studio as an “eleventh dancer” whose role was to instigate new ideas for McGregor and his Random Dance company as they created a new work.
The piece is being rebuilt for retrospective exhibition at Somerset House in 2025.
Open Ended Group page for Becoming here.
