In connection with the exhibition Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg / Machine Auguries, we invite you to a lecture by ornithologist Christer Olsson on the development of bird fauna in Västerbotten over the past half-century. Gain insight into the changes in bird migration patterns over time, learn about bird species that have increased, others that have declined, and discover new species that have arrived in Västerbotten.
Free admission, limited seating available
Language: Swedish
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With AI-generated birdsong under an artificial dawn sky, Machine Auguries warns of our infatuation with technology at the expense of nature. Using thousands of field recordings of local and migratory birds, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has trained a pair of neural networks – a form of machine learning – to sing like these different bird species. We are no longer sure what is real as the chorus falls silent at the end of the work. Here at Bildmuseet we can experience three iterations of the chorus presented together for the first time: first dawn in London, 2019, then Toledo, Ohio, 2023, and from January 2025, a new site-specific Umeå version.
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (b. 1982) is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. Her work has been shown worldwide, including at MoMA, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Royal Academy, London. This is the artist’s first solo presentation in Sweden.
With support from Kempestiftelserna, the Arctic Centre at Umeå University and WASP-HS. Special thanks to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
