07/07/2026
Behind the Work | The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell
From May 8 to August 30, 2026, Thai artist Kawita Vatanajyankur presents her first solo exhibition in China, Memory Machine, at Yuz Museum.
The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell (2024) is part of Kawita Vatanajyankur’s Cyber Labour series, created in collaboration with Pat Pataranutaporn, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab. The series centers on questions surrounding the “humanized machine” and the “machinized human.”
During the making of The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell, Vatanajyankur used her own body as an experimental site. Under the dual guidance of artificial intelligence over both mind and body, she became a performing puppet controlled by these unfamiliar “ghosts.” Electrodes connected to her joints, driven by an AI-controlled electrical muscle stimulation system, recreated AI-generated movement patterns through a transparent wire.
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Kawita Vatanajyankur: Memory Machine
📍 Yuz Project Space of Art, Yuz Museum, Shanghai
🗓️ May 8 – August 30, 2026