06/17/2026
Galerie Nicolas Robert in Montreal presents "Dexter Barker-Glenn: Model Collapse". On view until July 11.
The data-centers drain our aquifers, the bots poison our discourse, the corporations announce record profits and layoffs in the same ChatGPT breath-written press release. They assure us there is nothing to be done; they shrug off the LLM’s hallucinations; they insist the bubble won’t burst. They declare the autonomous drones will only kill the enemy, but admit they don’t know the answers, They shrug and say everything is inevitable. Inexorable. The sea boils, the forests burn, the air fills with poison. The machines hum through the night, bristling with revelations. And we watch, paralyzed, as the future builds like thunderheads above a barren plain. We close our eyes, but the glow of the screens penetrates us even there, suckling at our dreams. - Excerpt of the accompanying exhibition text written by Billy Woods