Fabricated Code

Shahar Asor

“Fabricated Code” explores a creative collaboration between a human and a computer, where both collaborators are integral and independent participants in the process. A computer encodes a card, which is then used to knit a garment in a semi-automated process. The formula is predetermined by the computer, but the production process requires human intervention, and the raw material is chosen by a human. The computer can optimize processes and eliminate human error, but in this case, it generates code without context, and its errors cause aberrations in the knitting process. The project explores engagement and disengagement in the human–computer relationship, as it goes through different stages of the production process. It aims to create space for the human’s fingerprint on the end result, while also exposing the computer’s involvement in its creation.