Staged in four venues across the UK, Variations by Felicity Hammond is an evolving installation exploring the relationship between geological mining and data mining, image-making and machine learning. V2: Rigged is the second chapter of this project, opening at QUAD Gallery in Derby this 13 March as part of FORMAT Festival

Following V1: Content Aware which was exhibited as a public realm installation as part of the Photoworks Weekender in Brighton, 2024. In Variations, Hammond uses the many landscapes associated with artificial intelligence (AI) to map how digital photographic material makes its journey from mineral to pixel; from the subsurface to the screen.

The project aims to reflect on the entanglement of contemporary forms of image making – specifically those made using generative AI tools – with the politics of surveillance, data extraction, and the exploitation of land, resources and labour. Variations is commissioned through the Ampersand Foundation & Photoworks Fellowship, a unique biennial opportunity that supports a mid-career artist to create and exhibit a new body of work.

Opening times:
Thursday and Friday: 5pm – Late
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm – Late