Meet the artists of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 group exhibition (3/4): MALPRACTICE
Malpractice (
@malpractice.network ) is a Polish–Austrian–Italian artist collective composed of Chiara Kristler (
@ckiarer ), Marcin Ratajczyk (
@_marcin.ratajczyk ), and a shifting ensemble of AI counterparts. Their work explores beyond-human agency by embedding artificial intelligence into artistic and social systems - not as a tool, but as a collaborator. Through interactive and often unstable setups, they test ideas of authorship, autonomy, and synthetic subjectivity.
At the exhibition 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, Malpractice presents 𝘼𝙄 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙗 𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩, an installation built around a conversational AI system designed to engage visitors in discussions about exhaustion with artificial intelligence. Originally deployed as a voice agent in a nightclub, the project evolves into a para-therapeutic interface that records and processes conversations, transforming them into flickering AI-generated visuals and data mappings. Oscillating between care and control, the work captures a moment in which constant exposure to AI reshapes perception, blurring the line between reflection and manipulation.
At the exhibition opening, Malpractice will present 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚, a participatory performance where visitors can actively take part. Guided by a live AI agent, audiences enter a series of “circles” of AI fatigue via their smartphones, with their inputs shaping the space in real time, turning the audience itself into part of the work (NOTE: bring your phones!).
[1] visual design by Oleg Šuran
[2-4] AI-Hell, website promo, Courtesy of the Artists
[5] Malpractice, portrait
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MINE, YOURS, OURS №21: The World Is Sleepwalking
- Filodrammatica, Rijeka (Croatia)
▫️group exhibition: 23 April - 14 May
▫️public talks: Friday, 24 April
Curated by Daniela Cotimbo
@danielacot (
@re_humanism )
(more in the link in bio)
#Malpractice #TheWorldIsSleepwalking #MineYoursOurs #Rijeka