Whitney Museum Debuts Jazsalyn's 'Warpmode, This is not a game!' on artport
Jazsalyn's digital initiative, 'Warpmode, This is not a game!', has debuted on artport, the Whitney Museum of American Art's online platform dedicated to Internet art. This project builds upon the artist's Warpmode worldbuilding toolkit, created in collaboration with the experimental curatorial project Black Beyond and released via Metalabel in 2024. The original toolkit features forty prompt-based player cards. In this online version, participants are encouraged to explore various dimensions of Blackness through a series of prompts. A significant enhancement is the introduction of Ancestral Intelligence, an alternative AI framework based on human learning and ritual development. This commission highlights the Whitney's ongoing commitment to Internet art and digital experimentation.
Key facts
- The Whitney Museum of American Art launched 'Warpmode, This is not a game!' on artport.
- The project is by artist Jazsalyn and was commissioned for artport, the museum's online gallery for Internet art.
- It is a digital extension of Jazsalyn's worldbuilding toolkit Warpmode.
- Jazsalyn produced Warpmode with the experimental curatorial project Black Beyond.
- The toolkit was published through Metalabel in 2024.
- The original Warpmode consists of forty prompt-based player cards.
- The digital project invites viewers to contemplate multidimensional layers of Blackness through prompts.
- It introduces Ancestral Intelligence as a framework for an alternative form of artificial intelligence rooted in human learning and rituals.
Entities
Artists
- Jazsalyn
Institutions
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- artport
- Black Beyond
- Metalabel
Locations
- New York
- United States