peter burr

vessels

A visitor at the Vessels arcade cabinet.

VESSELS is a game of chance that produces a population in the image of its audience. Familiar faces inhabit unfamiliar bodies, each carrying a machine-assembled life. As these figures accumulate, individual portraits become the substance of a collective body. The crowd watches itself take shape in an expanding pile, a world made from everyone who has passed through it.

VESSELS is one of the interconnected installations that make up ARIA ENGINE.

View documentation of the Aria Engine prototype here.

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TECHNICAL INFO
- interactive software installation
- dimensions variable
- duration variable
EXHIBITION HISTORY
-2026- Museum of Human Achievement. Austin, TX
-2026- Roulette, Useful Fantasy. Brooklyn, NY
-2026- EMPAC. Troy, NY
-2025- PHI. Montreal, QC
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS
- audio by Warren Lee
- technical support by Jack Flukinger and Oren Shoham
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The Vessels screen capturing a visitor's face.