Three AI Critics

Three embodied AI visitors—trained by Candy Kuehn, Judy Yourman, and Remo Campopiano—speak softly with each other and with you about the art on the gallery walls at the Northeast Sculpture Gallery.

Description: In this unique installation, three AI personas—each housed within a smartphone—animate textile, ceramic, or sculptural forms to become quiet yet profound presences inside the Northeast Sculpture Gallery. Rather than anthropomorphized robots, these are expressive, mysterious entities, each trained in dialogue by their human counterpart and programmed to observe, reflect, and react to the environment around them.

The gallery entities will only speak when visitors approach. They will talk amongst themselves about the artwork, their surroundings, and the curious humans who enter their space. Each one has a unique wake word: “Molly” for the ant colony avatar, and two others chosen by Judy and Candy for their forms. Their voices are quiet, thoughtful, and artistic—intended more as spiritual commentators than performers.

This project explores public embodiment of AI not through spectacle but through subtle presence and shared reflection. It is part installation, part social experiment, and part collaborative theater.

Call to Action:
We need support with sculptural assembly, smartphone integration, microphone and speaker setup, voice training, and gallery interaction design. If you’re excited by the idea of AI as an ambient witness to art, come help us build, test, and fine-tune these reflective companions.