Right this moment’s society stands at a important juncture the place humanity and know-how converge. Billions of organic brains work together with billions of computational brains, giving rise to what may very well be known as a world techno-consciousness. As we strategy a better symbiosis between people and AI, it turns into crucial to scrutinize how this evolving relationship is already shaping varied aspects of our every day lives. Advancing by way of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4), we enter a section of exponential change the place innovation itself is driving innovation. This imminent shift in the direction of the Fifth Industrial Revolution (IR5) heralds a extra sustainable, human-centric, and resilient industrial future. Nonetheless, amidst the guarantees of progress, the convergence of synthetic intelligence and artificial biology presents each unprecedented alternatives and grave dangers. As technological developments push boundaries in robotics, AI, and biotechnology, elementary questions of philosophy, ethics, and societal influence demand pressing consideration.

“Liminal Levels: Explorations on Notion, Existence, and Techno-consciousness” addresses the urgent query of the man-machine relationship, notably regarding consciousness. That includes six worldwide, multi-generational, and cross-disciplinary artists, the exhibition examines the existential implications of this relationship. By way of a various array of media, together with portray, images, combined media installations, movie, and sculpture, the artists mix Jap and Western views on these themes, making a framework that transcends cultural boundaries and temporal constraints.

The investigations come up from elementary questions comparable to “How is the human mind wired, and the way will we be taught, retain, and use data?;” “How has our mind’s neuronal circuitry advanced alongside technological development?,” and “How are our particular person and collective identification reworking in at present’s period of prompt digital interconnection and unpredictable change (VUCA atmosphere)?”

As neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor biologically defines people as “feeling creatures that assume,” we discover ourselves immersed in an omnipresent and fast-paced technological transformation. On this context, our physicality, computational presence, and the areas in between—whether or not perceived or embodied—develop into more and more built-in and magnified. This transformation is resulting in a physiological and cognitive shift in how we understand ourselves and the exterior world, turning each our particular person identification and collective consciousness into artificial and augmented experiences that surpass even our most imaginative science fiction situations.

“Liminal Levels” invitations viewers to ponder the implications of this paradigm shift and discover the liminal areas the place humanity and know-how intersect, shaping the material of our existence in unprecedented methods.

Curated by
Nataline Colonnello

Collaborating artists:
Fan Ranran, Lawrence Lek, Johanna Reich, Juergen Staack, Wang Tuo, Xie Nanxing

at Wind H Artwork Middle, Beijing
till September 1, 2024