A________MACHINE deals with the linguistic positions of “machines” since the seventeenth century, including the mechanization of labour - whether physical machines at the centre of industrial and social revolution, considered as human-made agents, or today's intelligent algorithms. The focus is studying the linguistic depictions of machines, exploring the changing meaning of the term over the centuries, and the scenarios where machines are regarded as animate entities.

The project's primary goal is to utilize large text datasets and investigate how the lemma ‘machine’ has been represented, understood, and transformed over time. The work creates a three-dimensional semantic landscape that becomes a metal sculpture through advanced 3D printing techniques. The project addresses the question: How do we linguistically position machines in relation to ourselves, nature, and animacy? How centuries of language reveal our shifting perception of machines, from mechanical objects to quasi-living agents.