M for Leviathan was a solo exhibition held at Centre Clark in 2023. As an installation, it featured various interconnected elements that narrated an interpretation of the city personified as a sentient subject, as a symphony managed by an author, and the search for a body to represent this coming reality.The work was a response to developments in artificial intelligence, a field that accelerated greatly during the preparation of the exhibition. M for Leviathan’s premise was to copy the logic of copying and delegation, as well as the promises (or threats) of automation that would supersede human agency. From a certain point of view, to copy a robot trying to copy a human means returning to the imperfections of the human hand. Thus among all the copies in the show, there was a very manual aspect to all the included work, and very little sophisticated technology involved.
Skin Studies
Encaustic paintings
Bladerunner in the Flesh
(animation projected on leather patchwork)
Lady Justice
Sculpture
Lady Justice (foreground)
Menu (background)
M for Leviathan featured a film of the same title.
View the film here:
Password: Leviathan