Brody Condon, Prediction Error, 2019 - 2021. Detail of game prop.

About the work

Prediction Error is two hour online and offline role-playing workshop focused on becoming elements of the hidden states underlying our delusions and hallucinations.

After an introduction by cognitive neuroscientist Phillip Corlett, Director of the Belief, Learning, and Memory Lab at Yale, we simulate a predictive coding model.

These models provide a mechanistic description of delusion formation as a result of overactive prediction error systems that can no longer accurately contextualize our surrounding environment.

Documentation

In an opulent but deteriorated room, ten participants sit in a circle of wooden chairs, making various hand gestures while looking at each other. Behind them, an indecipherable symbol is projected on the wall, the artist-facilitator observes while seated at a grand piano.
Participants mid-workshop at Alphabet Project, Łódź, Poland.
Diagram of text and symbols visualising a circular flow of predictions between sound and image.
Brody Condon, Predictive model visualisation, 2019.
A slanted rune-like symbol in black on a white background
Seven black dots of varying sizes in an oval-like configuration on a white background
Five short black lines of similar length converge to form a fan-like symbol facing right
Example of symbols used as sensory inputs in the game.

Film documentation

Brody Condon, Prediction Error — 56:04mins. Excerpt from online workshop and performance at Blend and Bleed Symposium, 2021.

Credits

Concept & design

  • Brody Condon — Artist & Game Designer

Project details

Year
2019 -2021
Type
Roleplay / Game / Workshop
Duration
2 hours
Players
10 players
Location
LUCA Brussels, Belgium
Blend and Bleed Symposium, NTNU ARTEC AiR, Norway
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA
HfK Bremen, Germany
Alphabet Project, Łódź, Poland
Status
Documentation and workshopping available. Contact info@brody.work.

Exhibition history

  • 2019 Prediction Error — Performance Lecture and Performance, Co-Play. Močvara Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • 2020 Prediction Error — Performance Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Prediction Error — Performance School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
  • 2021 Prediction Error — Performance Alfabet Project, Lodz, Poland.
  • Prediction Error — Performance Blend and Bleed Symposium. Luca School of the Arts, Brussels, Belgium.