Human Algorithm + Stelarc: Suspending Disbelief

SARAH-JANE WOULAHAN | AUSTRALIA | 2024 | 16'

When machines reflect us, what do we see?

The Human Algorithm explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we think and behave. Created using generative AI tools, the film blends real and synthetic voices — including digitally cloned philosophers and scientists — to question what it means to be human. With a virtual avatar as narrator and a mix of classic texts and immersive sound, it reflects on the growing existential threat of AI.

STELARC - SUSPENDING DISBELIEF WORLD PREMIERE RICHARD MOORE & JOHN DOGGETT WILLIAMS | AUSTRALIA | 2025 | 72' Where flesh meets future.

Melbourne-based Stelarc burst into prominence in the early 1970s with confronting, and outrageous public art performances. Following his mantra that ‘the body is obsolete’ he set about  testing the limits of his own body in a series of death-defying stunts.

Stelarc has always fought to escape the force of gravity. A third arm, an extra ear, a cheeky prosthetic head and an ambidextrous hand all play parts in this lively biopic as Stelarc wrangles the intersection between humanity and technology.

*This films contains imagery of body modification and surgical procedure that some viewers may find confronting.

Credits

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER/ EDITOR Sarah-Jane Woulahan
Writer: Sarah-Jane Woulahan, Rose Cook
Avatar: Ruby Duncan
Credits: PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ EDITOR, Richard Moore, John Doggett-Williams
Featuring: Stelarc, OPENING NIGHT PRESENTED BY:, Castlemaine Documentary Festival