Hello Human

Hello Human is the first line of code many programmers learn to write in HTML, a small act of announcement. Here I am.

Encouraging creative responses using new media art practices that are both technical and personal, exhibiting artist Elaine Hoey will guide you in building your own personal app — a Chrome browser extension that interrupts prolonged AI chatbot use. A basic introduction to HTML, 3D scanning techniques, and reflective narrative writing will support participants to capture, write or record a short message to their future self: a reminder that you have a body, a voice, a life outside "the machine". Your personal app then becomes an interruption, playing back at any moment of AI chatbot overuse. Installed on your personal computer, your face and your own words will appear as a reminder, a functioning artwork you built, periodically reconnecting you back with reality.

No previous artistic or programming experience required. Participants must bring their own PC laptop/computer (not Mac) with Google Chrome browser and their mobile phone.

Elaine Hoey works mainly creating interactive installations, appropriating contemporary digital art practices and aesthetics to explore the politics of digital humanity and our evolving relationship with the screen. Her work is experimental and explores identity, place and the bio-political body across media including virtual reality, AI systems, video, gaming, installation and live performance. See her artwork Parasocial Alchemy in Solstice summer group exhibition The Future is Open on display from Saturday 20 June - Saturday 29 Aug 2026.