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The work’s title refers to the 1997 event in the development of AI where IBM’s computer ‘Deep Blue’ won a chess match against Gary Kasparov, then-world chess champion. Deep Blue’s win was secured through an unexpected move demonstrating conceptual subtlety. So, where chess has been long seen as an ideal test for AI and machine intelligence, Deep Blue’s winning move signalled a future where AI could surpass human cognition and skill – in and beyond the world of chess.\r\n\r\nKac’s original installation, <i>Move 36</i>, featured a chessboard of earth (dark squares) and white sand (light squares) alongside a wall-projected video grid. This grid displayed short animated video loops cycling at different intervals, representing the vast number of moves through a chess match. The prints are still images from this projection. The sole “piece” on the chessboard was a genetically modified plant, positioned where Deep Blue made its winning move. Kac engineered the plant to convert Descartes’ principle “cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am) into genetic code, revisiting Descartes’ idea that thought proves conscious existence in the age of intelligent machines. <i>Move 36</i> forms part of Kac’s interventions at the boundaries of man and machine to explore conditions of intelligence and consciousness.\n\nEduardo Kac was born in 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His practice encompasses multiple art forms including performance, poetry and telecommunications art (using devices such as fax, telephones, radio and television). He is best known for his bioart, working with living organisms, biotechnology and genetics to create provocative works that explore and critique scientific techniques. His most well-known work is <i>Alba</i>, or<i> GFP Bunny </i>(2000), the rabbit genetically modified with a green fluorescent protein gene found in jellyfish. 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