Artists explore meaning and memory at Antwerp Art Weekend
Eddie Peake and Metahaven dissect language and identity through art
At Antwerp Art Weekend, two standout exhibitions by Eddie Peake and the Amsterdam-based collective Metahaven explored how meaning shifts or falls apart in an age shaped by AI, identity, and emotional complexity.
Metahaven’s film follows a character interacting with an AI assistant while exploring poetry by Eugene Ostashevsky. It contrasts AI’s predictive language models with the unpredictable nature of poetry, using visual metaphors to expose how AI mimics language without fully grasping it.
Meanwhile, Peake’s immersive installation at TICK TACK turned the Belgian gallery into a psychological labyrinth, combining architectural intrusion, raw paintings, and a haunting audio piece. His work considers the weight of identity, sexuality, and memory, moving from aggression to vulnerability.
Despite their differences, both projects provoke questions about how language, identity, and emotion are formed and fractured. Each invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries of expression in a world increasingly influenced by AI and abstraction.
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