Installation view from AI and the Paradox of Agency, 2026–2027, Artwork by Linda Dounia Rebeiz © Courtesy of the artists and Bildmuseet.
Installation view from AI and the Paradox of Agency, 2026–2027 © Courtesy of the artists and Bildmuseet.
Installation view from AI and the Paradox of Agency, 2026–2027, Artwork by Paola Torres Núñez del Prado © Courtesy of the artists and Bildmuseet.
Installation view from AI and the Paradox of Agency, 2026–2027, Artwork by Lauren Lee McCarthy © Courtesy of the artists and Bildmuseet.
Installation view from AI and the Paradox of Agency, 2026–2027, Artwork by Linda Dounia Rebeiz © Courtesy of the artists and Bildmuseet.
Who holds the power when AI enters our lives? AI and the Paradox of Agency features new commissions by international artists, from interactive games and immersive installations to sculptures and a drone-read hand-painted textile.
Artists: boredomresearch, 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. Curators: Sarah Cook and Katarina Pierre.
The exhibition is produced by Bildmuseet and supported
AI and the Paradox of Agency is produced by Bildmuseet at Umeå University with support from the Jacob Wallenberg Foundation and WASP-HS (Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society).
With thanks to UmArts, Curiosum, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå School of Architecture, Umeå Institute of Design, and TAIGA at Umeå University, the University of Glasgow and the Fleck Fellowship programme at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
