Performance Lecture: Trevor Paglen
21 May 2026 6.30-8pm
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