Paticipatimg artists: Nora Al‑Badri, Nouf Aljowaysir, Cesar & Lois (Cesar Baio and Lucy HG), Giselle Beiguelman, Érik Bullot, Julian Charrière, Grégory Chatonsky, Kate Crawford, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Estampa, Joan Fontcuberta, Justine Emard, Mayara Ferrão, Marcela Magno, Andrea Khôra, Agnieszka Kurant, Meta Office (Lauritz Bohne, Lea Scherer, Edward Zammit), Bruno Moreschi, Trevor Paglen, Julien Prévieux, Sasha Stiles, Hito Steyerl, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Gwenola Wagon, Vladan Joler, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Inès Sieulle, Bruno Moreschi & Pedro Gallego (Acapulco project)
O Mundo Através da IA presents a selection of works created from 2016 to today that ask what it means to perceive, imagine and remember a world increasingly infiltrated by AI algorithms and models. Structured into themed sections, the exhibition addresses topics such as the extractive and metabolic nature of AI and its environmental impact, the epistemological and political stakes of a new visual culture, and the ways AI reshapes knowledge, communication, labour and power.
Through installations, videos, immersive films, prints, projections and interactive pieces, artists examine how AI systems see and classify the world, how training data encodes histories of colonialism and domination, and how decolonial approaches might unsettle these hegemonic models. Works range from dystopic imaginaries of digital waste and algorithmic pollution to speculative “latent spaces” that recompose cultural memories into alternative pasts and futures. In this way, The World Through AI both showcases the creative potential of AI‑driven practices and foregrounds the ethical, environmental and political questions that accompany them, positioning Sesc as a key node in the global conversation on AI and art.
