{"id":69207,"date":"2025-12-11T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-arson.fr\/programmation\/expositions\/mechanical-kurds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:09:17","slug":"hito-steyerl-mechanical-kurds","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/en\/programmation\/expositions\/hito-steyerl-mechanical-kurds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hito Steyerl. Mechanical Kurds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Opening on February 19, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From February 20 to May 31, 2026, the Villa Arson art center presents Mechanical Kurds<\/em>, an exhibition by Hito Steyerl, in resonance with Magnanorama. Portraits, Networks and Contemporary Resonances of<\/em> Nathalie Magnan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A leading artist, filmmaker and theorist of the contemporary scene, Hito Steyerl has, for more than two decades, developed a critical reflection on the circulation of images in the digital age, the militarization of technologies, and the invisible infrastructures that shape our regimes of perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Mechanical Kurds<\/em>, a recent video installation combining documentary investigation, fiction and critical speculation, the artist explores invisible chains of micro-labor, the geopolitics of the image, and the mechanisms of delegation at work in so-called \u201cautonomous\u201d technologies. By reactivating the historical figure of the \u201cMechanical Turk\u201d \u2014 the eighteenth-century chess-playing automaton concealing a human operator \u2014 and transposing it to the age of digital platforms, Hito Steyerl reveals the bodies, territories and conflicts obscured by the contemporary fabrication of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Marie-Ann Yemsi<\/p>\n\n\n

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Exhibition on view from February 20, 2026 to May 31, 2026
Opening on February 19 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening hours: daily, except Tuesdays, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free admission, no reservation required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address: Villa Arson, 20 Av. Stephen Li\u00e9geard, 06100 Nice<\/p>\n\n\n

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