EMERGENCE
Every complex system begins with a simple rule.
Organism has emerged
CHAPTER III
Organism — Living Systems
From repeating patterns emerge organisms: systems capable of adaptation, self-maintenance and learning. But at what point do these processes become something we would recognise as life?
Can life emerge from computation?
Conversation III
"I used to believe consciousness is evolution's solution to dealing with big data. I've now come to wonder whether life evolved to embody consciousness."
Memo Akten
Conversation II of III
Alexander Mordvintsev
"I think AIs will 'become' conscious once people start recognising them as such."
Conversation I of III
Jared S. Tarbell
"Biological life has a kind of thirst for life."
EMERGENCE unfolds one chapter at the time.
Beginning on 28th July, a new chapter emerges every Tuesday, gradually revealing artists and conversations until the exhibition opens on 8th September 2026.
The exhibition emerges weekly until its public opening on 8 September.