In today’s rapidly changing digital world, the need for human (or animal) intervention to control technological devices and machines is becoming outdated. With advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated sensor systems, we are approaching a future that might literally be “out of our control” or “autonomous.” Examining this impending phenomenon through the eyes of the planet’s most complex and abundant creatures: insects and amphibians, is Irvine, California-based, Canadian artist, Garnet Hertz. Hertz’s work explores the belief that despite technology’s increasing independence from human or animal intervention, there is still a part of us that wants some control.
