MoMA's Full Disclosure Exhibition Explores Information Design, AI and Memory
From September 27 to June 13, 2027, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will host an exhibition titled Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design, curated by Paola Antonelli. This showcase delves into the realm of information design, featuring notable pieces such as The Synthetic Memories Archive by Domestic Data Streamers, which employs AI to generate visuals based on personal recollections. Among the key works are Two Sides of the Same Coin by Laura Kurgan and Dan Miller, Calculating Empires by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler, and graphic representations of the African diaspora by William Villalongo and Shraddha Raman. Additionally, the exhibition includes digital interpretations of New York Times articles and the Dear Data series by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. Antonelli highlights the necessity of grasping intricate information.
Key facts
- Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design is on view at MoMA from 27 September to 13 June 2027.
- The exhibition is curated by Paola Antonelli and located in a windowed ground-floor gallery.
- Domestic Data Streamers' Synthetic Memories Archive uses AI to generate images from prompt texts based on real people's reconstructed memories.
- The Synthetic Memories project also takes a therapeutic approach for people with trauma or dementia.
- Laura Kurgan and Dan Miller's Two Sides of the Same Coin maps human-associated microbes and over 12,000 years of global land use to depict biodiversity loss.
- Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler's Calculating Empires covers three walls and traces institutions and theories since 1500.
- William Villalongo and Shraddha Raman's graphic work extends WEB Du Bois's data on the African diaspora into the 21st century.
- Forensic Architecture and Forensic Oceanography's film The Seizure of the Iuventa documents research supporting an NGO rescue boat accused by the Italian government of smuggling.
Entities
Artists
- Paola Antonelli
- Laura Kurgan
- Dan Miller
- Kate Crawford
- Vladan Joler
- William Villalongo
- Shraddha Raman
- WEB Du Bois
- Giorgia Lupi
- Stefanie Posavec
- Mona Chalabi
- Jules Bernstein
- Forrest Pelsue
- Ed Hawkins
- Shraddha Ramani
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- William Playfair
- John Snow
- Domestic Data Streamers
- Adam Vosburgh
- Stefen Chow
- Huiyi Lin
Institutions
- Museum of Modern Art
- MoMA
- Domestic Data Streamers
- The Synthetic Memories Archive
- Forensic Architecture
- Forensic Oceanography
- New York Times
- Dezeen
- Dezeen Events Guide
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Chow and Lin
- Marron Research Consortium
- New York Art Life
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- The New York Times
- Department of Architecture and Design
Locations
- New York
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Mediterranean