‘I’m interested in contingency,’ Huyghe has said of his work. ‘Of what is not predictable. Of what is unknown.’ The French artist’s films, installations and site-specific works often rely on chance: in Liminals (2024–ongoing), for example, a faceless woman makes her way through a strange landscape haunted by eerie sounds, her movements dictated by the actions of viewers in the exhibition space. Liminals is one of the works on display in this exhibition, which the artist conceived specifically for the Fondation Beyeler (24 May–13 September). Featuring several new pieces alongside recent work, the show makes clear why Huyghe is one of the more provocative artists working today: not only is the content of his work often unsettling, but the nature of its production – which often involves robotics or sophisticated software – also plays to our anxieties about technology and its growing power over our lives.
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