The Uncanny Adventures of Other-Intelligences and I
As AIs grow in our collective imagination and we become increasingly reliant on these systems, a negotiation of agency is emerging that is shifting how we relate to ourselves, each other, and our environments. This exhibition seeks to create a space for both individual artistic investigation and communal knowledge-building centered around experimentation and play.
Rather than claiming a clear position as public discourse often demands, our explorations will be framed with critical curiosity as methodology. We welcome uncertainty and honesty as we confront how AIs might be changing how we relate to ourselves (our senses, our bodies, our psychologies, our practices…), our communities (our language, our archives, our histories…), and our environments (our cultural systems, physical and virtual spaces, natural and simulated climates).
This exhibition, weaved together by an experimental dj set, will present multi-media installations, works on canvas, video projections, floor drawings, and hanging sculptures. A speculative audio piece will play every 30 min that emulates a filtered auditory experience of a cityscape.
Designed as a context for communal knowledge-building, experimentation, and play, we welcome everyone to participate in this critical, vulnerable, and evolving dialogue.
Refreshments will be provided!
Hannah Zhang (she/her) is a writer and curator who believes in creating interstices where artistic dialogue can extend beyond established spaces, systems, and infrastructures. Inspired by communal knowledge-building centered around experimentation and play, her current research focuses on alternative approaches to narrative-construction — including off-site curatorial interventions and counter-archival methodologies in time-based media and performance. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Design Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.