My research area is advanced technologies and their effects on people, society and commerce. I believe we need genuinely new models and concepts to see ourselves and the world we exist in.
My PhD was in Philosophy at Warwick University where I was part of the influential and experimental CCRU, as a student of Sadie Plant.
I continue to write about technologies and changing ideas of human, self, agency and control, and often draw on non-western ideas to do so.
The exhibition that I co-curated - AI: More than Human at the Barbican Centre in London – was the first over-arching look at the past present and future of AI in a museum environment. It includes contributions from DeepMind, IBM, Google, TeamLab, Massive Attack, Neri Oxman, Joy Buolamwini, Amnesty International, Jigsaw and Affectiva.
Since its London run, it has toured regionally in the UK and globally, with periods of time in the Netherlands and China. As of June 2024, it is showing in Calgary at Spark Science Center.
The exhibition has received significant attention, and commanded sell out audiences – becoming one of the most popular exhibitions in the Barbican's history. To date, it has been covered in The Times, The Guardian, BBC TV and Radio, China Daily, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Wallpaper, GQ, The Evening Standard and many others. It continues to be a stimulating platform for discussion and new thinking about the present and future of AI.
“A spectacular study into artistic and scientific developments in artificial intelligence”
“AI: more than human leaves you feeling that the world of AI can offer beauty, the sublime and new ways of creatively understanding the world”
“****Technologically fascinating and visually diverting”
“****A reminder of the power art retains still to translate and distil complexity”
“It’s a masterclass in retelling a worn-out story and giving a fresh perspective on something that is already so familiar to us”