Mnemohistory: From AI Realism to AI Surrealism

We’re looking at the world through an AI looking glass, where artists aren’t just reimagining history—they’re reshaping how we perceive it. This selection leads the viewer into surreal AI-driven narratives where the boundary between memory and imagination, truth and spectacle, blurs. The featured artists collaborate with AI to remix collective memory, uncover hidden stories, and bend the narratives that shape us. Archives, the foundation of all AI models—and often Western-centric—become a playground where knowledge mutates, blending the real with the surreal, fact with fiction. Entering these AI-created worlds, we experience déjà vu: I’ve seen and felt this before, but not quite like this; I know it, but can’t quite put my mind’s cursor on what it is. AI models aren’t just tools—they become co-creators, offering new ways to explore the data powering them, inspiring a revival that’s sometimes hyperreal, sometimes surreal. From AI-generated mockumentaries to reimagined histories, the artists use technology for deep inquiry and bold speculation. Like Aby Warburg’s “Mnemosyne Atlas” or André Malraux’s “Musée Imaginaire,” AI builds new cartographies of the past, creating layered, deeply personal worlds. In a reality flooded with misinformation, these creative reinterpretations take on critical significance. This new wave of storytelling invites viewers to step out of the cave—to emancipate their gaze and actively participate in rewriting and reimagining the world’s collective memory. Let’s open this black box—an artistic deconstruction of stories not as they were, but as they could be. Featured Artists: Louis-Paul Caron, Boris Eldagsen, Florencia M. Brück, Claudia Larcher, Mrs. Luva-Luva, Almagul Menlibaeva, Sergio, Wan Senman, Eddie Wong, and Weidi Zhang.