Welcome to the launch of the new book AI and the Paradox of Agency, published in connection with the exhibition of the same name at Bildmuseet. Two of the participating artists, Rachel Maclean and Dennis Delgado, and the book’s editor, Sarah Cook, will be present.
Rachel Maclean will screen her new film They’ve Got Your Eyes, 2026 (19 min), and introduce the work. This will be followed by a conversation between Sarah Cook, Rachel Maclean and Dennis Delgado on AI, Art and Agency.
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The use of AI raises questions about who or what has agency. What does this shift in decision-making power away from the individual mean for artists, as well as for society, the planet and the future of humanity?
The new book centres on conversations between Sarah Cook and the artists featured in the exhibition at Bildmuseet, 2026–27: boredom research, Tega Brain, Dennis Delgado, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Nicolas Gourault, Zeno Gries, Lawrence Lek, Rachel Maclean, Stephen Marche, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Florian Model, Yuri Pattison, Planetary Portals, Raqs Media Collective, Daniel Shanken, Caroline Sinders & Romy Gad el Rab, Paola Torres Núñez del Prado and Addie Wagenknecht. The publication also includes texts by art writer Charlotte Kent and philosopher of technology Alasdair Milne.
The book AI and the Paradox of Agency is available for purchase in the museum shop.
