Deep Soup
We live in a world where digital technology and AI increasingly make us live in our heads. Through screens we experience all sorts of things triggering and tickling our brains, while our bodies and the physical world around us, barely take part in our daily existence. In fact, these digital models promise a smoothed-out and frictionless existence that stands in stark contrast to our physical reality.
Is it possible to formulate a counterforce against these dominant, digital – non-material – intelligences that brings more balance?
DEEP SOUP is a participatory artistic experience challenging the models we have become so accustomed to. Turning the tables on technology and AI, the project aims to make viewers organically reconnect with the world around them. Rewiring perceptions, DEEP SOUP promises a fresh way of seeing things, one where the simplicity and beauty of various movements, mechanics and dynamics prevail.
Guided by posthumanist artists Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters, everybody is welcome to upload their videos to the website deepsoup.io and actively contribute to the training of a physical intelligence model.
We are looking for videos featuring:
• smashing/breaking
• falling
• rolling
• spinning
Dos and Don’ts:
- No hands, no people
- Not longer than 1 minute
- Not heavier than 500 MB
- Portrait or Landscape, both is fine
- Use slow motion function on your cellphone
- Upload before October 31st 2025for a chance to be featured in the DEEP SOUP film. Upload afterwards for the fun of the experience!
The best contributions will make their way into the DEEP SOUP film set to premiere mid November at IDFA. Other contributions will be shared via social media channels prompting us all to rediscover the world around us with a curiosity and open-mind-ness of a child! All contributions will help train the evolving non-human intelligence DEEP SOUP.
Production details:
Written and directed by Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters
A project initiated by Robin Coops
Country: The Netherlands
