We cannot escape so-called “artificial intelligence” (AI). It permeates our lives deeply, influencing how we see, perceive, and understand the world. AI can benefit us, but it can also co-opt, manipulate, and exploit us. Critical attention is required. Art can help us in this regard. That is why we are presenting our exhibition “Threats and Promises.”
Here, art serves as a framework, a mirror, a playing field, and an early-warning system. The exhibition focuses on themes such as humans and machines, the body and data, the public sphere and authorship, history and interconnections, as well as the ambivalence between fascination, ideology, and power.
The participating artists explore questions of bias, surveillance, control, ethics, delegation, participation, and imagination, examining both the opportunities and the risks of algorithmic systems.

Academic Partners:

The Future Foundation

LBI-NetMed, Universität Wien

poster artwork by Ana Vollwesen

About the curator:

The Art Collection Schlichtner (Vienna) has been operating for several years as a nomadic platform for contemporary art at the intersection of collecting, exhibition, and public space. Adopting an open, networked approach, the initiative brings together artistic practices from different generations and backgrounds, making them accessible within a shared spatial context. The curatorial practice aims to create environments in which works interact with one another and open up new levels of perception.