The World Through AIJeu de Paume, Paris

The exhibition The World Through AI presents a selection of works created between 2016 and today, including early works by aurèce vettier, many of them previously unseen, which raise the question of how we experience the world “according to AI” or “through the prism of AI”.
In other words, what it means to perceive, imagine, know, remember, work and act in a world increasingly permeated by AI technologies which raise all sorts of ethical, epistemological and political issues, while requiring massive material and environmental resources.

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.
Several « time capsules », inspired by cabinets of curiosities, suggested links between the present and the past, thereby situating these current transformations in a historical perspective. The exhibition was accompanied by a rich program of screenings, artist talks, lectures and conferences taking place at the Jeu de Paume and elsewhere in Paris.

Special thanks to Jeu de Paume Paris, its director and its entire team, the curators and JBE Books for the production of the catalog.

Thanks to Marius Jacob and Alexis de Bernède for allowing the works from their collection to be shown in the exhibition.