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Performance Lecture: Trevor Paglen

21 May 2026 6.30-8pm

Tate Modern
London SE1 9TG

Overview

Hear from artist Trevor Paglen at the launch of his new book, How to See Like a Machine: Images After AI

The event will begin with the performance-lecture The Lizard People are Here! which traces a dense network of ideas spanning philosophy, belief, deception, and speculation. Trevor Paglen invites audiences to consider whether we are entering a new era in which invisible architectures and algorithmic systems shape perception, knowledge, and power.

The performance-lecture will be followed by a conversation with Manisha Ganguly. In anticipation of our forthcoming exhibition Julio Le Parc, the discussion will reflect on perception: how we see, how images shape us, and how vision itself is constructed. This traces a line from Le Parc’s investigations of light and participation to today’s algorithmic gaze.

After the talk Trevor Paglen will sign copies of How to See Like a Machine: Images After AI.

£15 / £13 for Members

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£13 Concessions / £5 Universal or Pension Credit recipients

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