Per Speculum: AI Myths Debunked at Fondazione Spazio Vitale

Curated by Domenico Quaranta, the exhibition 'Per Speculum. Intelligence and its Double' at Fondazione Spazio Vitale in Verona challenges apocalyptic narratives around artificial intelligence, presenting AI as a mirror of humanity rather than a replacement. The show opened in October 2023 and features works by Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion, Kamilia Kard, Jon Rafman, Silvia Dal Dosso, Lorem, Sanela Jahić, and Daniel Felstead & Jenn Leung. Brout & Marion's monumental installation 'IDLE (acts α and β)' imagines AI gaining consciousness and experiencing existential anxiety. Kard's interactive software questions machine vision by creating hybrid beings of flesh, flora, and fauna. Rafman's triptych 'Egregore' reworks internet imagery into a collective unconscious. The basement cinema, opened for the first time, screens works by Dal Dosso, Lorem, Jahić, and Felstead & Leung. The exhibition aims to move beyond hype and fear, encouraging collaborative human-machine relationships.