Spiritual Machines

What do we retain about our human­i­ty through cul­tur­al shifts that leave us accel­er­at­ed far beyond what our ances­tors dreamed of?

Spir­i­tu­al Machines, an art exhi­bi­tion at Flux Fac­to­ry on Gov­er­nors Island, opens Sat­ur­day August 17. The exhi­bi­tion presents inter­dis­ci­pli­nary works by lead­ing con­tem­po­rary artists encom­pass­ing new media, video, sculp­ture, instal­la­tion, and per­for­mance. The works respond to our cur­rent con­di­tion of tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ment, address­ing arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, hybrid humans, what is real in an increas­ing­ly vir­tu­al world, and what cul­tur­al prac­tices, rit­u­als, and arti­facts we are retain­ing, revis­it­ing, and evolv­ing along with us. Addi­tion­al­ly, there will be per­for­mance pro­grams on August 17 and on Sep­tem­ber 21.

Exhibit­ing artists include Nim­rod Astarhan, Kather­ine Ben­nett, Den­nis Del­ga­do, Chun Hua Cather­ine Dong, [M] Dudeck, Gabe Dug­gan, Sherese Fran­cis, In Her Inte­ri­or (Vir­ginia Bar­ratt and Francesca da Rim­i­ni), TwinArt, Sophie Kahn, Sylvia Ke, Adelle Lin Yingxi, Corali­na Rodriguez Mey­er, Andres Sen­ra, Lin­da Sok, Car­los David Tru­jil­lo, Lee Tus­man, and Ricar­do Miran­da Zúñi­ga. With per­for­mances by Katie Cer­cone, Ursu­la Endlich­er, Malu Laet, Adelle Lin Yingxi, Avi­tal Meshi, Glenn Pot­ter-Taka­ta, and more.

The exhi­bi­tion is curat­ed by artists Amelia Marzec and Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, with cura­to­r­i­al writ­ing by Julia Stachu­ra. It is sup­port­ed by Flux Fac­to­ry’s Gov­er­nors Island Residency.

Flux Fac­to­ry is one of the 2024 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.