Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt

At a time when AI is dramatically changing how we see, what does it mean to visualize a world that’s no longer centered on the human mind? Pierre Huyghe’s immersive, otherworldly works have redefined how art can engage with technology, human consciousness, and the natural environment. UUmwelt, presented on freestanding screens throughout the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, uses machine learning to explore what it might look like if nonhuman entities could reconstruct our thoughts. Working with a team of neuroscientists in Kyoto, Japan, Huyghe asked a human subject to imagine a set…