Last week I contributed to a panel on the topic of "ghost labour" at the Nordic Labour Film Festival – invited by @annekaun.bsky.social. I presented my installation EZ Quality Sorter V2, which was previously shown in Sweden in the context of Anne's research project on the automation of welfare.

Looking forward to present my artwork and research in the context of the #WORK2025 conference today – as part of the stream "Exploring the human in AI worldbuilding" chaired by Minna Ruckenstein, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, and Santeri Räisänen!

I'm currently participating in the #WORK2025 conference on "Work in the Era of Unruly AI". Three interesting days ahead!

The piece is part of the ERBSENZÄHLER project, which explores the quantification and datafication of life. In the EZ Weight Sorter, the material world is mapped onto digital data, which then reshapes physical order. But where to draw the lines—and what happens at the threshold and in the gaps? (5/5)

Detail: Here the sorted peas start to accumulate. Over time one can see the beginnings of a bell curve forming in the tubes. (4/5)

Detail: The seed travels towards the right on the linear slider and is guided by actuators into its designated glass tube—each tube represents one weight class. (3/5)

Detail: a single pea seed has been dispensed and placed on the fine scale, where its weight is registered. Seeds that fall outside of the predefined weight range are rejected, the rest are transported along the metal axis for final sorting (2/5)

Meet the EZ Weight Sorter MINI – a new machine in the ERBSENZÄHLER series that sorts individual pea seeds into predefined weight classes. As seeds accumulate in the glass tubes, their distribution traces a bell curve, turning the sorter into a live statistical display. (1/5) #projectpeacounter