The World Through AI

June 11 – September 20, 202606/11 – 09/20/2026
Findet in Bockenheim statt
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The major summer exhibition presents artworks from the past ten years that engage with the cognitive, political, and environmental dimensions of AI. A series of time capsules—small cabinets of curiosities—connect the present with the past.
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  • Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.
    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
  • Close-up of a mineral rock featuring green and blue hues with many small holes and uneven surfaces.
    Julian Charrière, Metamorphism LI, 2016
    © Julian Charrière / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • A young man sits underwater, surrounded by greenish light and silhouetted diving equipment.
    Gregory Chatonsky, La Quatrième Mémoire, 2025
    © Gregory Chatonsky
  • Black-and-white depiction of a stylized plant with butterfly wings and flowers in a minimalist composition.
    Joan Fontcuberta, Typha Volans, Série eHerbarium, 2023-2024
    © Joan Fontcuberta / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.
    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
  • Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler, Anatomy of an AI System, 2018
    © Curtesy of the Artists
  • A man in a room looks at illuminated backgrounds with blurred light spots and a messy floor.
    Erik Bullot, Cinéma vivant, 2024
    © Erik Bullot
  • Painting of a red and green apple with a large white sign that says "This is not an apple."
    Trevor Paglen, The Treachery of Object Recognition, 2019
    © Trevor Paglen, Courtesy of the Artist, Altman Siegel, San Francisco and Pace Gallery
  • Abstract scene with a burning frame in a scorched landscape, surrounded by smoky tree stumps.
    Gregory Chatonsky, La Quatrième Mémoire, 2025, Installation
    © Gregory Chatonsky

  • Supported by

    SCHIRN FREUNDE
    City of Frankfurt am Main

  • Additional support by

    Aventis Foundation
    fiber to the people

  • Media partner

    Monopol