Orifice Oracle, 2024; stuffed fabric, fake fur, wire, 42" x 42" x 42"
Orifice Oracle emerges from the liminal space between flesh and algorithm, born from AI's interpretation of my sculpture Bedtime Stories for Oankali. Named for Butler's gene-trading aliens who perceive through specialized sensory organs, this stuffed fabric form becomes a prophetic opening—an orifice that speaks futures where human and artificial intelligence interbreed. The Oracle's soft, penetrable surface invites touch while its generative origins whisper of post-human possibilities. Like Butler's Oankali, who read genetic stories through intimate contact, this piece serves as both receptor and translator of hybrid becomings. Its fabric folds suggest portals to alien consciousness, while its AI-spawned genealogy embodies the recursive dance between my tactile sculptures and machine vision. Part oracle, part orifice—a tender gateway questioning what new forms of intimacy and intelligence might emerge when we open ourselves to algorithmic otherness.
Orifice Oracle (detail), 2024
Oankali sculpture to Human Horizon GenAI to sculpture process chart