The project In the Dust of this Planet explores transformations in our relationship to knowledge and intelligence in the context of contemporary computational systems, drawing on historical practices of communicating with celestial intelligences, in particular, angels. The exhibition concept is based on a parallel between premodern ritual and mystical cosmologies and today’s planetary computational infrastructure, which functions as an algorithmically driven, invisible mediator of reality.
The allegory of the angel here stands in for contemporary systems of artificial intelligence and data flows that organize and predict information on a global scale. This multisensory installation weaves together sound, light, mirrors, and architectural elements and what emerges is an environment where different forms of perception and temporalities converge. Throughout the exhibition, visitors become active participants, their presence woven into algorithmic processes within an installation that operates on synchronization. The artists work with real-time data, transforming them into sound and visual structures. The voice of the “angel” manifests as an autonomous, self-communicating condition that simultaneously reflects and reconfigures the relationship between humans and planetary systems.
In the Dust of this Planet offers a speculative framework for thinking about intelligence, subjectivity, and planetary infrastructures, emphasizing the instability, multilayered nature, and elusiveness of contemporary forms of knowledge. The exhibition becomes a navigational tool within a space of uncertainty, where knowledge emerges through fragmentary traces such as noise and echoes.
The exhibition includes two performative activations.
Additional collaborations:
Salvador Marino
Tasya Nafigina
Kunterakt (Linda Straková, Lucia Inczingerová)
Acknowledgements:
LOM.audio, Lukáš Likavčan, Bogna Konior, András Cséfalvay, Zuzana Husárová, Daniel Bátrla, Adam Terlanda
