Ars Electronica Festival · 2025
Tinder_gun_boys_@Brussels_
by Loïs Soleil
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2025
In 2025, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Tinder_gun_boys_@Brussels_” by Loïs Soleil (Artificial Life & Intelligence) with a Honorary Mention.
The multimedia installation Tinder_gun_boys_@Brussels _ was born from a collection of screenshots of heterosexual men proudly posing with weapons on the dating app Tinder. To grow this collection, Loïs Soleil developed an artificial intelligence able to detect weapons and a robot autonomously swiping on Tinder…
About Loïs Soleil
Loïs Soleil (FR). Through digital art, performance, installation, poetry , and sound, Franco-Scottish artist Loïs Soleil’s artistic practice aims to bridge the emotional and the political by posing intersectional cyber/techno-feminist questions.
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