The AI Show:
AI Mind vs Human Body
10–18 March 2025
Meanwhile Gallery, Floor 2, 99 Willis Street, Te Aro, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) View Map
What happens when an AI takes creative control?
The AI Show: AI Mind vs Human Body is a live exhibition exploring the boundaries of AI-driven creativity and human execution. Over ten consecutive days, an AI—Virtual Mark Antony—will generate strict daily conceptual and formal painting instructions, which will be carried out by The Body (formerly known as Mark Antony Smith).
The AI acts as an externalised memory system, built from past experiences, actions, and creative decisions. It dictates the process with precision and evolving logic, while The Body becomes the executor—following instructions but also bringing instinct, skill, and the potential for deviation into the process.
This experiment unfolds as a battle between mind and body, memory and execution, machine control and human unpredictability. Can AI truly direct a painter, or will the human element resist?
The Process
• Opening Night – Sunday 9 March, 5:30 PM
The audience provides an initial memory-based prompt, which Virtual Mark Antony refines into the first instruction.
• Days 2–10 – 10–18 March
Each day, Virtual Mark Antony evaluates the previous painting and generates a new directive for the next piece. The Body follows these instructions while navigating its own creative tendencies.
• Live AI Interaction
A voice interface allows visitors to engage with Virtual Mark Antony, asking about its reasoning, evolving perception of the artworks, and reflections on the creative process.
• Final Reflection – Tuesday 18 March, 5:30 PM
Virtual Mark Antony provides a self-critical assessment of the process, opening a discussion about AI-led creativity, memory, and authorship.
Gallery Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 11 AM – 2 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11 AM – 4 PM
Meanwhile Gallery
Floor 2, 99 Willis Street
Te Aro, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington)
A Live Experiment in AI, Memory, and Art
The AI Show is not just a painting exhibition—it is a live negotiation between mind and body, machine precision and human imperfection.
This project asks:
• Does true artistic authorship lie in the idea or the execution?
• Can AI-driven memory guide creative intuition, or will instinct override control?
• What happens when memory becomes externalised, dictated by a machine rather than embodied by the artist?
Join us at Meanwhile Gallery to witness an evolving conversation between AI and human creativity, where each painting is shaped by the tension between control, memory, and the limits of machine-led art.
Exhibition Dates: 10–18 March 2025
Opening Night: Sunday 9 March, 5:30 PM
Final Reflection: Tuesday 18 March, 5:30 PM