Pierre Huyghe at the Serpentine

“I don’t want to exhibit something to someone, but rather the reverse: to exhibit someone to something.” - Pierre Huyghe

In 2018, French artist Pierre Huyghe held the solo exhibition UUmwelt at the Serpentine Gallery in London. In this exhibition, the eponymous work UUmwelt was presented through multiple LED screens, displaying images reconstructed by deep neural networks based on the brain activity of viewers. Participants recalled specific images, and their brain activity was captured by an fMRI scanner; this data was then used to generate new visual images, thereby exploring the relationships between humans, animals, and technology. This further highlighted Huyghe’s skill in creating environments that merge living beings, surroundings, technology, and audience behavior, emphasizing the dynamic and unpredictable nature of the work, and constructing an ever-changing ecosystem.