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Ben Skea

Simulacra Contemplating The Mirror Neuron System, 1:25 min, Color, Stereo, United Kingdom, 2018

Ben Skea is an artist based in the UK whose practice traverses moving image, sculpture, animation and sound.

‘Simulacra Contemplating The Mirror Neuron System’ is an animated meditation on the mechanics of human empathy, brain circuitry and imitation learning. A series of looped interactions, gestures and transitions investigate the fluid border between the human and the machine.