Exhibition: The Lost Rhino

Drawing on AI technology and rare
research footage of the last northern white rhinos, this virtual rhino will be roaming in a digital world within the Museum’s Jerwood Gallery as part of a new art exhibition from artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.

Through four different depictions of the rhinoceros, each only a partial representation of this endangered species, Ginsberg explores themes of extinction, technology, and the importance of conservation.

At the centre of The Lost Rhino is Ginsberg’s ‘The Substitute’, a captivating life-size projection of a northern white rhinoceros that slowly comes to life, transforming from pixels into a high resolution facsimile, before disappearing. The artwork questions our preoccupation with creating new life forms rather than conserving existing ones and is accompanied by three other imperfect representations of the rhinoceros selected by Ginsberg that explore different ways the endangered animal lives in our imaginations.

Ian has visited - review here.