Ian Cheng’s Life After Bob

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Matrix, from Ghost in the Shell to Paprika (and its American counterpart, Inception), all the way to the German miniseries World on a Wire, the interaction between humans and artificial intelligences has been an inspiration for artists and filmmakers for decades. Artist Ian Cheng, whose work is rooted in live simulations, has been pondering this relationship in his practice since 2012.
His latest endeavor is a series of animated films called Life After BOB, whos