DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign — Exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
On June 10 at 7:00 p.m., Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague opens the international exhibition DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign, which examines the impact of rapidly evolving AI technologies and algorithmic influence on our decisions — and raises urgent questions about preserving personal and national sovereignty. The exhibition features artistic works created during DATAS residencies implemented by IZOLYATSIA, MeetFactory (Czech Republic), Projekt Atol (Slovenia), and Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia).
The exhibition brings together 21 artists and art collectives: aaajiao, Tekla Aslanishvili, Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán, Mark Cinkevich, Critical Tech Group (Nazar Golianych and Nastia Kolodka), Nolan Oswald Dennis, Nina Davies, eeefff, Anna Engelhardt, fantastic little splash (Lera Malchenko and Oleksandr Hants), Flaka Haliti, Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė, Tamara Kametani, Áron Lődi, Martyna Marciniak, Artur Magrot, Leon Sahiti, Rudolf Samohejl, Sfera, Jonas Staal, and Jelena Visković.
The presentation will be accompanied by an intensive discursive programme, including discussions at the Václav Havel Library, Café Chalupecký, and a symposium at the Goethe-Institut Czech Republic organised together with the Academy of Fine Arts. A comprehensive publication — the culmination of the research project — will also be launched in conjunction with the opening.
Curated by Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás, the exhibition was conceived as an assembly of people, artworks, artefacts, and texts enabling experiments in rewriting the manifold systems of sovereignty. It brings together leading voices in art, media theory, and technology — mainly from Central and Eastern Europe — to examine how personal and national self-determination can survive the dual forces of surveillance capitalism and authoritarianism in the age of artificial intelligence.
Exhibition: 11 June – 30 August 2026
Opening: 10 June 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Admission: Pay what you wish
Venue: Galerie Rudolfinum, Alšovo nábřeží 12, Prague 1
DATAS (2025–26) is an assembly convened to amplify unheard voices from Central and Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus, reflecting on the relationship between the self, technology, and power. Produced in partnership between Goethe-Institut (Germany), IZOLYATSIA (Ukraine), MeetFactory (Czech Republic), Projekt Atol (Slovenia), and Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia).
Co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe programme. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.