This massive camera detects and predicts your future acts of kindness.

To prevent unwanted behaviours, we are constantly monitored and observed. But what if those algorithms measured our propensity for kindness?

This is the question raised by Ensemble Ensemble. By letting themselves be scanned by the massive camera, spectators receive a personalized prediction of their future altruistic actions. If they wish, they can also influence the settings of the machine which measures the goodwill index in real time. An invitation to reject everyday suspicion.

On the original release at Metro Saint-Laurent, more than 1,500 persons experienced the installation’s algorithm weekly for a period of 2 months. The installation visited Montreal twiced, Ottawa, and Bruxelles.

> Credits

Original idea & concept by Sylvain Dumais
Co-creation by Ensemble Ensemble ( FRANÇOIS PALLAUD, FRANCK DESVERNES, MARIANNE PRAIRIE, JONATHAN BÉLISLE AND SYLVAIN DUMAIS )
Co-production: National Film Board & Quartier des spectacles