The major summer exhibition at the SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT presents artworks from the past ten years that explore the cognitive, psychological, political, and ecological dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI). AI technologies are fundamentally transforming how images are created, edited, distributed, described, and perceived. Their influence on visual culture and contemporary artistic practice ranks among the most visible phenomena within this field, which is dominated by opaque technical processes.
The comprehensive thematic exhibition occupies both of the SCHIRN’s gallery spaces with around 40 works, including video installations, prints, sculptures, and photographs. The SCHIRN presents around 25 international artists, among them Nora Al-Badri, Nouf Aljowaysir, Julian Charrière, Grégory Chatonsky, Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Agnieszka Kurant, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl, Sasha Stiles, and Taller Estampa.
The exhibition illuminates a broad spectrum of themes, encompassing resources and environmental factors as well as questions of perception, machine vision, and facial or emotion recognition. The works address topics such as micro‑labor, the establishment of alternative histories, and possible visions of the future. Additional aspects include so‑called AI slop and slopaganda—the use of AI‑generated images as a new form of political propaganda. A series of time capsules—small cabinets of curiosities—link the present with the past, situating today’s technological transformations within a historical context.
An exhibition by the Jeu de Paume, Paris, in collaboration with the SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT.
