Introduction

Today, humans encounter much of the world through technology, which organizes our everyday existence and pervades our social lives. If we are online 24/7, where does the distinction between humans and machines lie?

Munch Triennale: The Machine Is Us displays works by 25 artists who, in different ways, reflect on how new technology affects us, both as individuals and as communities. 

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: BELANCIEGE, 2019, a film installation by Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze, Hito Steyerl and Miloš Trakilovićs, examines the connections between capitalism and consumer culture. Via a three-person video lecture, the artists uncover the underlying, sometimes surprising connections between post-1989 political upheavals in the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, Western politics, and the fashion and tech industries. The work is experienced on three screens while sitting on a blue, circular catwalk modelled on Balenciaga’s Summer '20 fashion show.