I Magma 4+
The Serpentine Galleries
Designed for iPad
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- Free
Screenshots
Description
I Magma by Jenna Sutela in collaboration with Memo Akten and Allison Parrish is a machine oracle performing divinations on our collective futures. The decentralised intelligence meditates on live video footage from inside head-shaped lava lamps, while weaving constellations between the GPS coordinates of its online followers. A computer generates oracular readings from the shapes that form using a neural network trained on public domain source texts from the Internet Sacred Texts Archive. Additional lexical items are inspired by and borrowed from Erowid’s Shulgin Archives, a series of lab notebooks that detail psychedelic experience.
Readings appear within the app every 30 seconds and as push notifications once a day.
Jenna Sutela is an artist working with words, sounds, and other living media, such as Bacillus subtilis nattō bacteria and the “many-headed” slime mold Physarum polycephalum. Her audiovisual pieces, sculptures, and performances seek to identify and react to precarious social and material moments, often in relation to technology.
Jenna Sutela with Memo Akten, language generation by Allison Parrish, 2019
UI and app development by Black Shuck
Co-commissioned by Serpentine Galleries and Moderna Museet
Eurotica Bugs typeface by Helsinki Type Studio
Supported on iPhone 6s and above
Requires iOS 11 and later
Digital engagement supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Serpentine Galleries is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
What’s New
Version 1.5
This version fixes some compatibility issues.
Ratings and Reviews
Sounded cool. But does nothing
I thought this was a really interesting app idea and was excited to try it (even after my girlfriend called it dumb), but come to find out. It doesn’t do anything. Says “oracle is dormant.” I waited and waited for about 5 minutes. Pointed my camera around (it asks for permission to camera and location FYI) and nothing. So guess my girlfriend was right
BAD
DONT DOWNLOAD IT
App Privacy
The developer, The Serpentine Galleries, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- The Serpentine Trust
- Size
- 45.1 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2019 Jenna Sutela
- Price
- Free