Elliot Han

(non) adversarial living companions explores what it means to live alongside algorithmic systems - not just through screens, prompts, and digital interfaces, but as physically embodied, attuned presences woven into our daily lives.

As these systems gain form and animacy, how will our relationships with the algorithmic world shift from typical, mediated interactions to something more lived, embodied, and mutual — blurring the boundaries between tool and companion, object and subject, or adversary and an ally.

Each object in this series plays on the uncanny and doesn't rely on humanoid forms, but inhabit familiar roles, animated by unexpected intent – sensing, interpreting, and intervening, sometimes gently, sometimes startlingly. Creating a network of “physical AIs,” the objects invite you to reconsider your relationships—with yourself, with objects, and with the wider algorithmic world—not through warnings or conventional utility, but through small, evocative frictions that surface the invisible and spark new imaginaries for coexistence.