Paula Gaetano Adi's “Guanaquerx” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 2025, category Artificial Life & Intelligence.
“The machine is only a means; the end is the conquest of nature, the domestication of natural forces by means of a first act of enslavement: the machine is a slave whose purpose is to make other slaves. Such a dominating and enslaving inspiration can coincide with the quest for man’s freedom.
About Paula Gaetano Adi
Paula Gaetano Adi (AR) is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar working at the intersections of robotics, crafts, video, and performance. Her practice draws from studies of technoscience, decoloniality, and artificial life, enacting speculative scenarios…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.