"Living as Data"

Collaboration: Heidi Stokes & Arunav Das.

Short biographies

Multimedia Artist

Heidi Stokes is a multimedia artist with an MA in Fine Art from Central St Martins. Her work spans various media, including film, drawing, collage, animation, interactive touch boards, and more recently explores themes related to technology and society.


PhD Researcher

Arunav Das is a PhD researcher in the Department of Informatics. Arunav holds an MSc in Data Science (Distinction) from City University, London; an MBA (Distinction) from Warwick Business School; and a B.E. Metallurgical from NIT, India."

Heidi Stokes - Artist/researcher/lecturer Arunav Das - Research Fellow at kings college london
Collaboration: Heidi Stokes & Arunav Das.

Living as Data

  • "Living as data" began with a genuine desire to understand how AI perceives emotions. In collaboration with Arunav Das, a doctoral researcher at King's College, this project evolved into an effort to document and visually represent AI's growing understanding of human emotions.

Introduction "living as Data"

  • "This opening film introduces the central questions driving the project: How can AI comprehend and express human emotions? By blending research insights with visual storytelling, this piece sets the stage for the films/artworks that follow."