--- title: "Opening The World through AI" date: 2026-05-08 last_modified: 2026-05-08T13:53:11+02:00 generated_at: 2026-05-08T12:59:30Z url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/event/opening-the-world-through-ai/" image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/holly-herndon-mat-dryhurst-download-1-1920x1920.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Opening The World through AI - ![A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![People are conversing at night in an urban setting, surrounded by buildings and atmospheric lighting.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025_09_11_SCHIRN_Hangout_Taxistudio-120.jpg) - ![A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![People are conversing at night in an urban setting, surrounded by buildings and atmospheric lighting.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025_09_11_SCHIRN_Hangout_Taxistudio-120.jpg) - ![A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![People are conversing at night in an urban setting, surrounded by buildings and atmospheric lighting.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025_09_11_SCHIRN_Hangout_Taxistudio-120.jpg) - ![A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schirn_Presse_WTAI_Holly-Herndon-_Mat-Dryhurst_xhairymutantx_2024.jpg) Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, video made of images generated by a custom AI model, QR Code to generate images from prompts © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - ![People are conversing at night in an urban setting, surrounded by buildings and atmospheric lighting.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025_09_11_SCHIRN_Hangout_Taxistudio-120.jpg) We are delighted to celebrate the opening of the exhibition with you! [ To the exhibition ](https://www.schirn.de/en/exhibition/the-world-through-ai/) **When** Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 7 PM The comprehensive thematic exhibition THE WORLD THROUGH AI spans both gallery spaces of the SCHIRN with around 40 works, including video installations, prints, sculptures, and photographs by 25 international artists. A series of time capsules places the current changes brought about by new technologies in a historical context.