Artists

Julian Charrière, Joan Fontcuberta, Hito Steyerl, Harun Farocki, Victor Burgin, Nora Al-Badri, Nouf Aljowaysir, Jean-Pierre Balpe, Patsy Baudoin et Nick Montfort, Samuel Bianchini, Erik Bullot, Grégory Chatonsky, Kate Crawford et Vladan Joler, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Justine Emard, Estampa, Dora Garcia, Jeff Guess, Adam Harvey, Holly Herndon et Mat Dryhurst, Hervé Huitric et Monique Nahas, David Jhave Johnston, Andrea Khôra, Egor Kraft, Agnieszka Kurant, George Legrady, Christian Marclay, John Menick, Meta Office, Trevor Paglen, Jacques Perconte, Julien Prévieux, Inès Sieulle, Sasha Stiles, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert et Alexia Achilleos, aurece vettier, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Gwenola Wagon

Press release

The exhibition The World Through AI presents a selection of works created between 2016 and today, many of them previously unseen, which raise the question of how we experience the world “according to AI” or “through the prism of AI”. Specially designed for the Jeu de Paume, the exhibition reflects the fundamental distinction between “analytical AI” (which includes computer vision and facial recognition systems) and “generative AI”. Time capsules, designed as cabinets of curiosities, link the present to the past, placing current transformations in a historical perspective.

AI algorithms and models, which are developing at an accelerating pace in all areas of society, today arouse astonishment, fear, enthusiasm and scepticism.

The World Through AI presents a selection of works by artists who, over the past ten years, have been critically engaging with AI in the fields of art, photography, cinema, sculpture, literature and music. The exhibition features creations – many of them specifically produced for this occasion – by French and international artists such as Julian Charrière, Grégory Chatonsky, Agnieszka Kurant, Christian Marclay, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl and Sasha Stiles.

From so-called “analytical AI”, which analyses and organises vast quantities of data, to “generative AI”, capable of producing data (images, texts, sounds) after having been trained with vast quantities of other data, the exhibition looks at how these technologies are profoundly transforming creative processes while questioning their multiple social, political and environmental implications. A series of “time capsules” punctuate the exhibition, in the form of vitrines suggesting historical and genealogical links between these contemporary phenomena and a selection of images, artworks and devices stemming from the past. Beyond any technophile fascination or technophobic rejection, Jeu de Paume’s exhibition offers a reflection on how AI is transforming our visual and sensory relationship with the world, as well as our societies.