{"id":534256,"date":"2026-07-19T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534256\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:48:11","slug":"new-exhibition-in-valletta-explores-avatars-ai-and-the-future-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534256\/","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibition In Valletta Explores Avatars, AI And The Future Of Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1203\">Visitors can expect everything from floor-cleaning robots transformed into ritualistic figures to local legends reimagined through AI chatbots, alongside installations exploring machine vision, digital memory and the blurred boundaries between people and technology.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1369\">Shtohryn\u2019s work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Centre Pompidou, Frieze New York, Ars Electronica Festival and MU\u017bA in Malta.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1557\">An artist-led tour with Shtohryn will also take place on 22nd July between 5pm and 6:30pm, giving visitors the chance to explore the ideas and technologies behind the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1680\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Avatars, Monsters, {Robots}, Ghosts runs until 14th August at Valletta Contemporary, with free admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visitors can expect everything from floor-cleaning robots transformed into ritualistic figures to local legends reimagined through AI chatbots,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-534256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}