Jake Elwes b. 1993

In their first solo exhibition at Gazelli Art House, Jake Elwes looks to demystify the black box of artificial intelligence.In Data • Glitch • Utopia, Jake Elwes brings together a body of work that demystifies, opens up, and plays with Artificial Intelligence (AI). From past to present, artworks range from digital pieces combining strange properties of data with human traces in technology, to more recent investigations seeking out alternative and more hopeful queer futures through AI and drag performance collaboration. The V&A commissioned Elwes to make a new iteration of The Zizi Show in 2020. This exhibition at Gazelli coincides with a display of Elwes’ commission at the V&A, on view from May 2023 to April 2024.

Elwes will bring his Artificial Intelligence project, Zizi - Queering the Dataset, to the recently launched digital art space on Dover Street. The ongoing project, which started in 2019, explores...