WangShui (born 1986, USA) works across video, installation, and painting to explore the intimate entanglement of humans and machines. On view at Haus der Kunst through April 28, the exhibition "Tolerance Window" merges virtual and physical spaces—a live experiment probing how technology shapes human consciousness.

"Tolerance Window" fuses human creativity with artificial intelligence. The opening room presents paintings WangShui creates by hand—layering sandpaper and oil paint onto reflective aluminum. She describes this process as "sensory integration": an AI processes a dataset drawn exclusively from her own paintings. Through recursive learning loops, WangShui becomes the algorithm itself while painting, co-authoring an artistic voice with the machine. The works on display echo motifs from the live simulation "Certainty of the Flesh" in the second gallery.

Created in real time and orchestrated by programmed neural networks, this video work simulates a posthuman reality show. The avatar characters continuously evolve—their behavior shaped yet fundamentally unpredictable. WangShui's custom dataset of movements and sounds drives the narrative, which unfolds across multiple LED screens in fragmented sequences. "Tolerance Window" marks WangShui's inaugural institutional solo exhibition in Europe, establishing a new benchmark for artistic collaboration between humans and AI through this commissioned work created for Haus der Kunst.

Curated by Sarah Johanna Theurer and Teresa Retzer.

WangShui's work opens windows into virtual worlds. Presented in dialogue with "In Other Rooms," it offers a contemporary lens on the art form of environments.

About the Artist

WangShui (born 1986) is an American artist living in New York City. They studied social anthropology and art at UC Berkeley, followed by film and video at Bard College. WangShui creates sculptures, paintings, installations, and films investigating the deep connections between humans and machines. Their work has been shown internationally, and this presentation at Haus der Kunst marks their first major institutional solo exhibition in Europe.

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