Artwork in the Walker, or any other gallery, is not always crystal clear as to its intent. It is difficult sometimes to just guess the purpose of a piece. A lot of the time the title of the piece does not reveal answers and it is rare to see an artist statement. What was the point of exposing people to artwork in a gallery if there is no understanding between the gallery patron and the work itself? It was like the Walker Art Center was saying, "this artwork is important because we say it is". This frustrated me.
Then I stumbled upon the Dolphin Oracle II. The Dolphin Oracle II is a interactive multimedia project that combines artificial intelligence and 3D-animation. The interactive nature of this project fulfill the inquisitive part of me. The Dolphin invited me to ask the it questions directly. Soon after typing in my question I would get a response from the all-knowing oracle. Although I received answers, they were always vague and never fully answered the question I was posing.
This innovative piece by Richard Shelton and Piotr Szyhalski, just like life, still maintains a level of mystery in terms of its questions. But that was it's message, you can't always be given an answer. Answers come from individual discoveries.
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