Tech Bro Debates Humanity

Tech Bro Debates Humanity / Sputniko! - Photo: generated by AI

Theme Exhibition

Exhibit

Tech Bro Debates Humanity

Sputniko! (JP/GB)

Tech Bro Debates Humanity features two AI-generated “Tech Bros”—white male avatars created from Sputniko!’s own face and voice—locked in a self-important debate about the future of humanity. Their dialogue, also AI-generated, satirizes Silicon Valley’s tendency to amplify its own echo chamber, especially when discussing world-changing ideas. Referencing the legacy of female artists who adopt male personas to disrupt gender norms, the piece also nods to Donna Haraway’s cyborg theory, blurring boundaries between human and machine, male and female. What once promised democratization has turned into an exclusive boys’ club. As DEI ideals are pushed aside, the installation asks: Who gets to shape the future—and should we trust them?

POSTCITY, Bunker

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  • Sputniko!

    Sputniko! is a British-Japanese multimedia artist exploring technology, identity, and contemporary society through films, robotics, music, and interactive installations. Exhibited at major institutions such as MoMA, the V&A, and Centre Pompidou-Metz, she critiques social norms, gender dynamics, and biotechnology. Sputniko! was an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab and later Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts, founded the women’s health startup Cradle.

Credits

Technical Producer: Kanji Kyoda

Presented in the context of European Digital Deal. European Digital Deal is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport.

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