Art and AI: 5 Artworks Leading the Conversation this Summer

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Logic Paralyzes the Heart (2021) and Cyborgian Rhapsody: Immortality (2023) from Lynn Hershman Leeson’s acclaimed Cyborg film series (1994–2023) will be a highlight of Data Dreams, tracing the radical ways that AI and other technologies are reshaping our lives, societies and the environment.

As a foundational innovator in the field, Leeson has been exploring the relationship between technology and humanity since the 1960s. She says: ‘I think that we’ve become kind of a society of screens, of different layers that keep us from knowing the truth.’

Data Dreams: Art and AI is at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia from 21 November to 26 April 2026. Ticketed.