{"id":69692,"date":"2026-06-03T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=69692"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:55:04","slug":"last-chance-ahmad-alattar-human-in-the-loop","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-ahmad-alattar-human-in-the-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"<mark>CLOSING TODAY<\/mark> Ahmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each pull interrupts the continuous ambient sounds of nature with a brief, glitch-like sound. At first, these responses may feel random, but with repetition, patterns begin to emerge; and when the correct rope is found, the system responds with a distinct and heightened auditory moment \u2013 a brief reward that signals discovery. Almost immediately, the algorithm relocates, hiding once again within the field of ropes, and the search resets.<\/p>\n<p>So what begins as playful interaction gradually becomes an act of careful listening and navigation. Human in the Loop reflects a contemporary paradox: we take pleasure in interaction even as it draws us deeper into technological rhythms that are increasingly difficult to step away from.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad AlAttar, currently is a Senior Robotics Engineer at Dubai Future Labs, was a participant in the 2024 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program (ADP), facilitated by Jolaine Frizzell. During preparation for the exhibition he was also mentored by Khalid AlAwadhi, Founder &amp; CEO of Remal, and Dr Pradeep Sharma, Director of the Arts, Culture and Heritage program at the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>To 13 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-ahmad-alattar-human-in-the-loop\/\" title=\"CLOSING TODAY Ahmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[50,96],"class_list":["post-69692","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","tribe_events_cat-art","tribe_events_cat-exhibition","cat_art","cat_exhibition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/69692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/69692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69692"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=69692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}