°ABOUT

Welcome. I am Michael Saup. Artist.

“R111 could be considered the pinnacle of
media art at the turn of the millennium.”

Yukiko Shikata, President of International Association of Art Critics Japan, 2024

“Sometimes, it felt like the inner workings of the universe made visible. It revolved slowly, then grew in complexity until it seemed, in substance if not style, like a collaboration between da Vinci, Picasso and Stephen Hawking.”

Evening Post, New Zealand, 1998

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stargate matrix

Chinese DeepSeek AI shatters the myth of human energy spamming and the quasi-cult of excessive computing power that dreams of building a “stargate matrix” fueled by nuclear energy. DeepSeek reveals how recklessly energy is used today in the name of “intelligence,” as it saves over 95% of the energy typically consumed in machine learning processes. […]

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minimalcarbon | 2022/23

Addressing the Digital Power Consumption Crisis

minimal carbon has been selected 2023 by Pioneer, a startup accelerator dedicated to fostering creative and ambitious innovators representing a collective valuation exceeding $1 billion. Backed by Stripe and Marc Andreessen, Pioneer employs an advanced AI-driven process, scraping 100 million domains weekly and narrowing down the top 0.002% [1:50,000] for human evaluation—ultimately identifying minimal carbon as one of its standout innovations.

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ORBIS LUMEN | 2017-2019

The Light of the World – The Sugarcoat of Nuclear War

A world map built from white sugar cubes serves as a global canvas documenting the chronological history of nuclear detonations. This work provokes profound reactions and reflections on our technological advancements, their consequences and the impending threat of nuclear warfare and omnicide, the annihilation of all life forms, including humanity.
 

Nuclear Zen | 2017

documentary film about the Fukushima nuclear crisis
with Keibo Oiwa, Japanese author, activist & philosopher
20 min

“Finding a positive thing in a very negative picture is the most difficult, most challenging type of criticism.” Keibo Oiwa

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VOR SONNEN-AUFGANG | LAIBACH | 2017

before the nuclear sunrise: the abyss of light
a short reminder by Michael and Laibach

“Their magnum opus. It is spectacular and sublime.”

The Quietus

“Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum | Without music, life would be a mistake”

Friedrich Nietzsche
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