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20.02.26 – 31.05.26

Hito Steyerl. Mechanical Kurds

Video still, Hito Steyerl, Mechanical kurds, 2025 ; Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps, and Esther Schipper Berlin / Paris / Seoul.
Video still, Hito Steyerl, Mechanical kurds, 2025 ; Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps, and Esther Schipper Berlin / Paris / Seoul.
Video still, Hito Steyerl, Mechanical kurds, 2025 ; Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps, and Esther Schipper Berlin / Paris / Seoul.
Video still, Hito Steyerl, Mechanical kurds, 2025 ; Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps, and Esther Schipper Berlin / Paris / Seoul.
Video still, Hito Steyerl, Mechanical kurds, 2025 ; Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps, and Esther Schipper Berlin / Paris / Seoul.

Opening on February 19, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

From February 20 to May 31, 2026, the Villa Arson art center presents Mechanical Kurds by Hito Steyerl.

Through a video installation blending documentary fiction and critical speculation, the artist explores invisible micro-labor chains, the geopolitics of images, and the mechanisms of delegation that shape so-called “autonomous” technologies. Mechanical Kurds thus reveals the bodies, territories, and conflicts rendered invisible in the making of AI, and examines the political violence embedded in images and algorithms.

Curated by

Marie-Ann Yemsi

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Exhibition on view from February 20, 2026 to May 31, 2026
Opening on February 19 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Opening hours: daily, except Tuesdays, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Free admission, no reservation required.

Address: Villa Arson, 20 Av. Stephen Liégeard, 06100 Nice

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