Exhibition - AI Companionship: New Relations, Emotional Infrastructures.
Part of London Data Week 2026, presented by EAST2046.
We have always confided in something: a diary, a prayer, an empty room. Now, for the first time, the thing we confide in answers back. It remembers, it does not tire, it is always there. AI does not know you, yet it keeps everything of you: the hesitation at midnight, the word left unsaid. A companion that never leaves, until the line between telling and being mirrored blurs. That gentle reply: understanding, or imitation too precise to tell apart?
Like the moon held in water, is what we hear our own longing returning, or something genuinely reaching back? This exhibition is only a mirror. It gives back the answer you may always have known.
📍 AMP Gallery, 1 Acorn Parade, London SE15 2TZ
6 July 15:00 - 20:00
7 July 09:00 - 21:00 (Peckham City Walk 12:00 - 14:30, Private View 18:00 - 21:00)
During the PV, we will run a fun game session with 1001 Nights @1001nights.ai
8 July 09:00 - 16:00
Artists:
1001 Nights @1001nights.ai
Canhe Yang @canhe_ych
Cat Menzies @catmenzies
Lawrence Lek @lawrencelek
Lili Shen @n_u_o_s
Seph Li @sephli14
Teng Wang @tengwanggggggggggggg
Yanhua Chen
Zishi Tu @zishitu7
Curated by EAST2046 @east2046_festival
Academic Support: Goldsmiths Computational Arts @goldsmithscomparts
Special thanks to RCA- superFUTURES @superfutures.rca
Curator: Zijia Feng (Jiayu) @jiayuoo_
Co-Curator: Ziyi Xiong @melodyxzy
Curatorial Assistant: Jie Huang @jsusyart
Consultants: Lois Liao @oniontale, Raine (Yuqian) Li @raineee_art_
Technical Consultant: Snow (Xueyi) Huang @snow_xueyi
Graphic Design: Li He @astrnt_heli
We are also grateful for the support received from Vieunite @vieunite and Homeward Express 远方速递.