SARAH RECHBERGER: Planetary Sentience
Light installation
The Match Gallery // until 1 September
OPENING: Friday, 24 May, 9:30 p.m.

With the spatial light installation, the author introduces the concept of planetary intelligence as a pendant of artificial intelligence, which has recently achieved an unimaginable development. The futuristic work with a distinctly speculative nature presupposes that the planetary intelligence of the earth in contact with artificial intelligence triggers the transformation of electrical and transport networks on the planet. This transformation activates a chain reaction that affects further evolution; it appears as if the earth was starting to fulfil its dreams by adopting and using our technology. In the gallery space, a hybrid fantasy world is germinating, inhabited by mechanical organisms and simple life forms – with its awakened consciousness and its own reproductive capabilities, the planet activates the process of a profound transformation of nature and thus life on its face.

SARAH RECHBERGER (1983) studied photography, architecture and multimedia art at the University of Applied Arts in her home town Vienna, and perfected her knowledge at the Institute for Spatial Experiments at the Berlin University of the Arts. So far, she has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries and festivals, both at home and abroad. In addition to visual art, she is also engaged in performance art.

co-production: The Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML)
opening times: Tuesday—Sunday, 12 a.m.—11:30 p.m.