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As part of the Art and Power series, Florian Weigl will speak about power, democracy, and questions of agency through artistic practices that critically engage with artificial intelligence.
Drawing on research and artworks developed with V2_, the talk explores how computational systems sort the world into categories — an impulse we both desire, to make sense of complexity, and must resist, as such classifications sit at the core of many contemporary social tensions.
Weigl examines the architectures and digital infrastructures designed to observe, control, and facilitate modern life, and how they mirror societal values while producing real and often unequal consequences. Rather than asking what machines think, the talk questions what understanding truly means — for algorithms and for humans alike. By sharing examples of artists who reclaim, reverse, and re-invest these tools, Weigl shows how art can scrutinize dominant systems and claim power and agency through the very lens that seeks to define us.
Florian Weigl works as curator at V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media. As curator and researcher he is interested in art and contemporary technology reflecting on society, in collaboration with artists in the development of critical dialogue, artistic reflection and practice-oriented research. He joined the curatorial team in 2015 working on both presenting and co-producing works and research.