COLLAPSE: DATA.MODELS.WORLDS.

collapse:data.models.worlds.
Artist talks & discussion

With the participation of Latent Community, Maria Mavropoulou, Felix Stalder
Moderated by Daphne Dragona, Katerina Gkoutziouli

What changes in an era of possible environmental and computational collapse? How do technological solutions connect to the exhaustion of natural resources? Is it possible for infrastructural and ecological systems to sustain one another, and assist in restoring environmental and social balance?

As part of collapse: data.models.worlds, this panel invites exhibition participants to share their artistic research and methodologies defining their practice. The artistic duo Latent Community will present their ongoing investigation into extractive infrastructures and energy regimes in Western Macedonia, tracing a trajectory from lignite-based economies to the expanding energetic demands of cloud computation. Artist Maria Mavropoulou will discuss the phenomenon of ‘model collapse’, examining the recursive decay of content production in relation to cultural flattening and environmental exhaustion. Media theorist Felix Stalder will reflect on his work with artists Vladan Joler and Gordan Savičić mapping the social, technological, informational, and ecological relations involved in the rewilding of a specific bird species.

The panel will explore practices of visualization, mapping, and documentation as critical tools for engaging with infrastructures of data, energy, and ecology. Particular attention will be given to questions of sovereignty, forms of resistance, and the potential for collective imaginaries of viable futures.

The discussion will be held in English.

The exhibition will be open to visitors before the event, 17.00-19.00.

collapse: data.models.worlds runs until 2 April 2026 at Saigon, Athens, realized with the support of NEON Organization for Culture and Development, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, and Error 417 Expectation Failed.

More info: https://vektorathens.org/collapse-data-models-worlds/