Zach Blas
Zach Blas’s practice spans moving image, computation, installation, theory, performance, and fiction. As an artist, filmmaker, and writer, Blas draws out the philosophies and imaginaries residing in computational technologies and their industries. For his exhibition at the Secession, he developed Cultus, a new installation that features AI-generated imagery, text, and sound, alongside computer graphics and motion-capture performances.
Cultus is the second instalment of Blas’s Silicon Traces trilogy, a series of moving-image installations that contends with the beliefs, fantasies, and histories that influence Silicon Valley’s visions of the future. The exhibition addresses a burgeoning AI religiosity in the tech industry, considering the ways in which artificial intelligence is imbued with god-like powers and marshalled to serve beliefs centered around judgment and transcendence, extraction and immortality, pleasure and punishment, individual freedom and cult devotion.
Current Dates
- Sat. 27 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 28 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 30 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 01 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 02 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 03 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 04 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 05 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 07 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 08 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
All Dates
April
- Sat. 27 Apr 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 28 Apr 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 30 Apr 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
May
- Wed. 01 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 02 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 03 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 04 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 05 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 07 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 08 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 09 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 10 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 11 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 12 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 14 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 15 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 16 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 17 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 18 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 19 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 21 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 22 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 23 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 24 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 25 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 26 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 28 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 29 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 30 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 31 May 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
June
- Sat. 01 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 02 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 04 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 05 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 06 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 07 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 08 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 09 Jun 2024,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Fewer dates
- Wed. 01 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 02 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 03 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 04 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 05 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 07 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 08 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 09 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 10 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 11 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 12 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 14 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 15 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 16 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 17 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 18 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 19 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 21 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 22 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 23 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 24 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 25 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 26 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tue. 28 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 29 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 30 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 31 May 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.