Inspired by the blurring line between reality and the imagination, The Personification of Popups is an experimental exploration into our relationship with the technology we have created. Finding the most interest in the journey of research and development, the piece branched from the imagery of machines gaining consciousness, free thought and emotions, shown in the music video ‘The Music Scene’ by A.F. Scheppard. Basing this on said science fiction idea, while pulling reference from the concept of singularity in Eastern culture as discussed by Alan Watts, the popups personify and humanise these machines.

 

In practicality, whenever a window is attempted to be closed(either through the exit button on screen or the keyboard escape button), rather than the function that was aimed for occurring, another popup window is opened. This means there is no actual escape from the program, instead a build up of infinite windows according to how many times there is an attempt to exit.