DATA MINDS examines emerging processes and issues arising from technology, exploring how art can grapple with the rapidly developing field of Artificial Intelligence, and the pervasive influence of the Internet on modern society. With each artist incorporating or critiquing synthetic, AI or net-based media at the centre of their practice, this exhibition offers a timely exploration of rapidly evolving fields.
Each invited artists’ practices offer alternative views of these systems, often rooted in physical media, and assisted by or examining AI and net-based technologies or ideas. In DATA MINDS, artists and audiences are encouraged to ponder these issues through critical and creative engagement. Each artist may be seen as grouped together through a form of ‘pattern recognition’, each linked by a common thread. These threads may be as literal as shared media - moving image, installation - and as esoteric as popular culture, conspiracy theories, and ghosts.