Nina Davies
Image Syncers
Exhibition
25 February–25 March 2026
Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana
Opening
WED, 25 February at 7 PM
Part of tactics&practice #17: Becoming Image
Curated by Marco De Mutiis
In Image Syncers, Nina Davies speculates on a near-future where synthetic images not only structure visual culture but begin to dictate how bodies move, behave, and express themselves. Drawing on contemporary online phenomena – particularly TikTok trends where users mimic uncanny, AI-generated dance videos – Davies imagines a world in which people internalise machine logic, choreographing themselves to match computational aesthetics and the properties of generative AI imagery.
At the center of the installation is a video narrated by two fictional podcast hosts, recounting the story of the “Plot Corps” – a shadowy collective attempting to physically transform their appearance to resemble AI-generated imagery. As the characters spiral into discussions of “image syncing,” “perception collapse,” and ontological uncertainty, the artist unpacks the recursive relationship between the self and synthetic imaging technologies. Identity becomes not just represented by images, but actively shaped and trained in relation to them.
By dramatizing the breakdown of boundaries between human and machine, Image Syncers reframes the politics of visual representation. In this world, images are not just seen – they are identities to conform to and realities to adhere to. They open spaces for communication with algorithmic forces that reside in opaque black boxes, where glitches are no longer errors but can be interpreted as languages and forms of expression. Davies’ work captures the unsettling moment in which subjects no longer stand in front of images, but live within them – and communicate with them – negotiating identity, agency, and legibility in an image world that operates autonomously from its physical index.
THE AUTHOR
Nina Davies is a Canadian-British artist who considers the present moment through observing dance in popular culture and how it is disseminated, circulated, made, and consumed. Previous research projects have included; the recent commodification of the dancing body on digital platforms and rethinking dances of today as traditional dances of the future. Her work explores how popular dance trends mimic digital misrepresentations of the human body, using glitchy and repetitive movement as a choreographic vernacular that tests how bodies are read, captured, and circulated by technological systems. Oscillating between the use of fiction and non-fiction, her work helps build new critical frameworks for engaging with dance practices. Her work has recently been shown at venues such as Tate Britain, V&A Museum, Somerset House and the Photographers Gallery. In 2021, she co-founded Future Artefacts FM, an artist-run program that showcases artists working with speculative fiction for broadcast.
CREDITS
Author: Nina Davies
Production of the event:
Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2026
Part of the series:
Tactics & Practice
Financial support:
the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana
[+] RELATED ACTIVITIES
ARTIST TALK
Nina Davies
Synchronising with Images
Tue, 24 February 2026 at 6 PM
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
In this talk, Nina Davies examines how early image-making technologies, originally invented for scientific purposes, came to be adopted as tools for storytelling, and trace how these storytelling logics have seeped into courtrooms and other high-stakes environments. In this sense, images synchronise with reality so convincingly that we treat them as faithful reflections of events, yet techniques like slow motion can subtly distort what we see – implying, for example, that a person had more time to act than they actually did, a distortion that can influence judgments of guilt or innocence.
The talk also explores what it might mean for people to physically synchronise with images. From moving in slow motion to walking like an NPC to presenting oneself as an AI-generated image, she demonstrates how her work imagines a world in which the body can recalibrate – or even disrupt – our relationship to technology.
WORKSHOP
Nina Davies
Generated Choreographies
Wed, 25 February 2026 at 4 PM
The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, UL, Video, Animation and New Media, Tobačna 5, Ljubljana
FREE admission. Registration required!