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Félix Luque Sánchez, in collaboration with Vincent Evrard, Damien Gernay and Íñigo Bilbao Lopategui. Automation first transformed the world of industrial production; yet it has now integrated every sphere of life, from the intimate to the social. The Automatic Society is an exhibition that questions our fears and expectations of technology. It presents a vision of our present-future where automation infiltrates every aspect of life, as robots, AI, and machine-controlled environments gradually replace human agency. The Spanish-Belgian artist Félix Luque Sánchez, once again, takes us on a unique and fragmented journey through the complex relationship between humans and technology. Using a diverse array of media - from robotics to photography, sculpture, film, music, and performance -, The...
Félix Luque Sánchez, in collaboration with Vincent Evrard, Damien Gernay and Íñigo Bilbao Lopategui. Automation first transformed the world of industrial production; yet it has now integrated every sphere of life, from the intimate to the social. The Automatic Society is an exhibition that questions our fears and expectations of technology. It presents a vision of our present-future where automation infiltrates every aspect of life, as robots, AI, and machine-controlled environments gradually replace human agency. The Spanish-Belgian artist Félix Luque Sánchez, once again, takes us on a unique and fragmented journey through the complex relationship between humans and technology. Using a diverse array of media - from robotics to photography, sculpture, film, music, and performance -, The Automatic Society delves not only into the mechanisms of alienation, but also into those of resistance, exploring the cultural and artistic productions that emerge as counter-culture from our relationship with machines. The exhibition takes its name from a 2012 lecture by philosopher Bernard Stiegler in which he calls our present ‘the era of the automatic society’. In this conference, Stiegler explores how automation is revolutionizing the way we live, socialize and work, while provoking profound questions about the future of humanity. iMAL, co-producer of the exhibition alongside Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, LABoral and EUROPALIA, has a longstanding relationship with the artist and has had the privilege of following Félix Luque Sánchez’s artistic trajectory. After its presentation in Brussels, the exhibition will travel to LABoral Centro de Arte in Spain.Opening Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 11:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 - 18:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 - 18:00 |