{"id":3743,"date":"2025-07-18T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3743\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:54:09","slug":"eness-glowing-ai-oracles-question-digital-futures-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3743\/","title":{"rendered":"ENESS&#8217; glowing AI oracles question digital futures in new zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>eness\u2019 ai oracles light up under queensland\u2019s mountain peaks<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A cluster of glowing organic forms echoes the contours of New Zealand\u2019s mountain range in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/eness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ENESS<\/a>\u2019 new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/public-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public art<\/a> installation. The Whispering Mountains merges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> with spiritual storytelling, reimagining ancient oracles for the digital age. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive<\/a>, inviting, and somewhat uncanny, the work appears in silent contemplation but wakes up when visitors walk past. Activated by this movement, the peaks deliver voice-generated messages that blend AI musings with philosophical provocation. Some utterances are humorous, others more meditative, but all invite reflection on how we live today \u2014 and how we might live with, or be shaped by, intelligent machines.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1145097 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"ENESS' glowing, interactive AI oracles question digital futures near new zealand mountains\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/static.designboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eness-whispering-mountains-installation-designboom-6.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julianapse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Julian Apse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>the interactive installation contemplates spiritual clarity<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Referencing the pilgrimages that have historically brought people to the mountains in search of spiritual clarity, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Australian studio<\/a> uses these artificial oracles to prompt visitors with questions about authorship, identity, and technological destiny. As artist and ENESS founder Nimrod Weis explains, \u2018Visitors are surprised by the quirky interaction with the Whispering Mountains and the messages delivered by AI sparked interesting conversations \u2014 this is art on the frontier!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> The Whispering Mountains then fuses technology with material presence, translating invisible digital systems into a tactile public encounter. Within the glowing forms, ENESS has embedded a responsive system that uses motion sensors and AI-generated text to deliver short spoken reflections. The result is a playful and thought-provoking experience, building on ENESS\u2019s broader practice of blending sculpture, code, sound, and story to create cross-generational experiences. Known for public artworks that bring interactivity into everyday urban spaces, the studio continues to explore how technology can support joy, curiosity, and shared connection \u2014 even in remote landscapes such as The Remarkables in Queenstown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1145094 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"ENESS' glowing, interactive AI oracles question digital futures near new zealand mountains\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/static.designboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eness-whispering-mountains-installation-designboom-2.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>The Whispering Mountains merges AI with spiritual storytelling<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1145101 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"ENESS' glowing, interactive AI oracles question digital futures near new zealand mountains\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/static.designboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eness-whispering-mountains-installation-designboom-eness-whispering-mountains-installation-designboom-4.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>interactive, inviting, and somewhat uncanny, the work appears in silent contemplation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1145098 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"ENESS' glowing, interactive AI oracles question digital futures near new zealand mountains\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/static.designboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eness-whispering-mountains-installation-designboom-7.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>it wakes up when visitors walk by, glowing and speaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"eness\u2019 ai oracles light up under queensland\u2019s mountain peaks \u00a0 A cluster of glowing organic forms echoes the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[254,449,458,459,64,63,460,5422,134,3807,5423],"class_list":{"0":"post-3743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-au","13":"tag-australia","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-eness","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-interactive-installation","18":"tag-public-art"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}