BcmA invites you to the opening of the exhibition New Valley Table featured by MindAIness.
When:
The opening is Thursday the 19th of June from 5 pm – 8 pm.
The exhibition runs from June 20th to the 29th of June 2025.
Open Video shooting: 25th of June, 3 – 8 pm
Artist talk: 28th of June, 6 – 8 pm
Opening Hours: Everyday 4 pm – 8 pm.
Where:
BcmA Gallery, Audre-Lorde-Str. 78, 10997 Berlin
Curator, Artist and Organizer
New Valley Table featured by MindAIness
MindAIness returns to BcmA for its third edition featuring the exhibition New Valley Table.
For this edition, MindAIness presents New Valley Table, an exhibition that is part of the science communication project Alghorithmic Fairness in Ageing Soceties, based at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. This collaboration expands the scope of MindAIness by integrating perspectives on age, digital intimacy, and systemic bias, fostering a deeper reflection on how artificial intelligence shapes human experience across generations.
The artistic project New Valley Table invites a multilayered reflection on aging in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), offering insights into marginalized perspectives and lived experiences with algorithmic systems. AI is transforming the way we live and work. Algorithms are playing an increasingly significant role in decision-making processes—both in daily life and in sensitive areas such as healthcare, hiring, credit scoring, public safety, and access to services.
What opportunities does AI present for older people? What risks could lead to further exclusion or the discrimination of already marginalized groups?
New Valley Table explores how structural power dynamics, stereotypical representations, and discriminatory practices in the context of AI shape the lived realities of older individuals. Through emotional mapping and personal storytelling, the work challenges stereotypical notions of aging and highlights the diversity and unique perspectives of people with rich life experience.
In addition, visitors are invited to share their own stories and perspectives at an open video shoot on June 25.
The exhibition is part of the project „Alghorithmic Fairness in Ageing societies: re-imagining a better future” (anyage.ai) at WZB Berlin Social Science Center that examines new forms of exclusion and discrimination in the age of AI. In cooperation with the University of Brighton (UK), the Open University of Catalonia (ES) and Leiden University (NL), the project explores how to ensure inclusivity and fairness of AI-driven services in critical fields such as recruiting, healthcare, credit scoring and facial recognition. The project is funded by Volkswagen Stiftung.
The video installation will be presented as part of the MindAIness 2025 event series—an exploration of performative and mindful engagement with artificial intelligence in our society. The interviews for the project were developed with the support of the German Senior Computer Club (Deutscher Senioren Computer Club e.V.), F1 Neighborhood Center at Mehringplatz, Buch District Library, BCMA Gallery, the Lichtenberg Queer & Diversity Representative, and the self-organized women’s group 60+ from MigrArte Perú.
Program
Opening & Performace
June 19 at 5:00 PM – BcmA
The exhibition’s opening will feature the debut of a video installation resulting from several months of work. In the video, individuals over the age of 60 share their reflections and experiences on how AI has impacted their lives. The evening will also include a performance by artist Karina Villavicencio, created in response to these themes.
Participatory Art – Open Video Shooting: Your Voice on AI Matters!
June 25, 4:00–8:00 PM – BcmA
People aged 60+ as well as individuals from other age groups are warmly invited to share their personal stories, questions, experiences, fears, and thoughts on AI. The aim is to explore these perspectives further and bring them into broader public awareness.
Artist & Researcher Talk with Dr. Justyna Stypińska (WZB Institute) and M.A. Karina Villavicencio
June 28, 6:00–8:00 PM – BcmA
This public discussion brings together artist Karina Villavicencio, researcher Dr. Justyna Stypińska, and the audience to explore the effects of AI on our society and open space for critical reflection.
About the Artist
Karina Villavicencio (Argentina) is a contemporary artist, researcher, and curator. Her work navigates the intersections of performance, photography, and social practice. Through participatory formats, she explores themes of power, visibility, and care.
From an intersectional feminist and decolonial perspective, she views the body as a living archive—a bearer of political memory, resistance, and collective vulnerability. Karina creates spaces for collective reflection, making experiences of exclusion and structural violence visible. She works with and within marginalized communities, centering their voices as carriers of knowledge, presence, and possibility.
About the Researcher
Dr. Justyna Stypińska is a sociologist conducting research at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center on algorithmic discrimination and bias in AI technologies. Her work focuses on how these processes are creating new dimensions of social and economic inequality in late capitalism. Previously, she led an international research project on innovation and aging in entrepreneurship at the Free University of Berlin. At the WZB, she serves as Principal Investigator of the Volkswagen Foundation–funded project, AI Ageism: New Forms of Age Discrimination and Exclusion in the Age of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence.
MindAIness
Launched in 2023 by BcmA as an open call, the project invites emerging artists from the Berlin art scene to present performances that explore the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and the human being.
MindAIness is a portmanteau word, meaning that it is a combination of two existing words, in this case “mindfulness” and “AI”.
“Mindfulness” is a term that refers to the practice of being present and aware at the moment, without judgment.
“AI”, on the other hand, stands for “Artificial Intelligence”. AI refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, and problem-solving.
By combining “mindfulness” and “AI” into “MindAIness”, we create a new term that reflects the idea of approaching AI with a mindful, thoughtful, and ethical perspective. It encourages us to consider the implications of AI in our society and to approach its development and use in a responsible and conscious way.
“MindAIness” represents a thoughtful and considered approach to AI, one that recognizes the potential benefits and risks and seeks to promote ethical and equitable outcomes for all.