Introduction
Kamal Sabran used analogue audiovisual electronics and imperfect interaction to respond to AI art in ILHAM Art Show 2022.
Why this entry remains in the timeline
Editorial interpretation: refusal and criticism can take the form of an artwork rather than only a statement or rule. This work enables comparison of artists’ decisions not to use generative models and of alternative creative values articulated through material practice.
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RESEARCH ACCOUNT
MACHINE (NOT) LEARNING: analogue installation as an anti-AI position
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-30
Work, institution and date
The exhibition booklet describes a hand-built analogue audiovisual installation involving circuit modification, radio and environmental input, framing its position as anti-AI. Its embrace of failure turns electronic media into a critical instrument. Analogue interaction must not be rewritten as a machine-learning system.
Section sources: Exhibition booklet:selected works · Exhibition programme
Historical significance and questions
Editorial interpretation: refusal and criticism can take the form of an artwork rather than only a statement or rule. This work enables comparison of artists’ decisions not to use generative models and of alternative creative values articulated through material practice.
Section sources: Exhibition booklet:selected works · Exhibition programme
Sources for this account
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
The PDF interface failed on this reread; the account retains batch 978’s textual reading of physical page 24 of the 39-page booklet and the gallery programme. The work was not viewed, heard or tested, and permissions were not audited. Technical effects and audience response remain independently unverified. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.
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Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2022 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2022
The work is dated 2022; the gallery lists the exhibition from 17 May to 23 October. The opening is not an exact creation date or global premiere. Accession: 30 October 2026.
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Original sources & further reading
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MACHINE (NOT) LEARNING
https://ilhamgallery.com/data/uploads/artshow2022.pdf?2=
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ILHAM Art Show 2022
https://ilhamgallery.com/index.php?id=ilham-art-show-2022/
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The PDF interface failed on this reread; the account retains batch 978’s textual reading of physical page 24 of the 39-page booklet and the gallery programme. The work was not viewed, heard or tested, and permissions were not audited. Technical effects and audience response remain independently unverified.
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Provenance, translation & verification
Timeline entry #140 · Artistic practice and display
Research materials & supplement references · 2
Historical accessions, 30 October 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · 003
Date as recorded: 2022
Exhibition booklet:selected works ↗
ILHAM Art Show 2022 leaflet: MACHINE (NOT) LEARNING;Portrait of the Jungle People
Historical accessions, 30 October 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · src-1622
Date as recorded: 2022
Exhibition programme ↗
ILHAM Art Show 2022
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. MACHINE (NOT) LEARNING: analogue installation as an anti-AI position. Art-history node #140. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/373
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