Alice Pedroletti & Andrea Familari

Archipel

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Exhibition from June 06th – July 06th, 2025.

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The exhibition is part of the 48h Neukölln Festival

27.06 – 29.06.2025

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Archipel, the exhibition by Alice Pedroletti and Andrea Familari, explores contemporary cities as cultural islands and the archipelago as a social structure shaped by the relationships between inhabitants. It imagines cities as fragmented yet interconnected spaces where artificial intelligence, opposite to analogue practice, builds its archipelago of human interactions, transforming how we perceive intimacy. The dissolution of physical boundaries, through video and AI, challenges traditional notions of community, suggesting a new kind of urban geography shaped not only by streets and buildings, but also by data and virtual interactions. 

Pedroletti, who has explored the concept of islands for over a decade, presents Isolane: unpublished videos from her archive, where time and isolation unfold through diverse filming technologies. This ongoing collection of visual notes captures the artist’s condition as a traveller—moving silently and at a distance through places and people, even in moments of closeness, in spaces where she never truly settled. The central question is what we call home: how much it is a feeling or necessity shaped by our ties with others, and how it reshapes our lives. Isolane reflects on human substance or essentia in relation to being an island. What defines us lies around: water defines islands, prison bars define seclusion, and forests outline hidden territories. The others—also islands—are part of our essence; we cannot exist without them or the places we inhabit. Through relation, the island takes form—and so do we.

Familari presents Atoll I, a new video work that evolves from the interactive installation Relate – Talk with Me, where visitors engage in conversations with a custom-designed AI agent embodied by an avatar.

Atoll I functions as a video archive, built from transcripts of the installation: it reinterprets the perspectives of various individuals who opened up to the AI about their views and experiences on relationships. Like an atoll—a circular formation linking separate islands—the work traces the interconnections between different personal "bubbles" within a shared urban and social context.

The video becomes both a repository of memories and a speculative space, charting how people relate, confess, and coexist in increasingly mediated environments, whether reflecting on intimate bonds, casual connections, or relationships with artificial intelligence.

 

 

Alice Pedroletti is a visual artist and researcher. Her interdisciplinary practice examines the intersection of architecture, geography, and archival methods as tools for visual and conceptual art practices. Working across photography, installation, sculpture, and writing, she investigates themes of memory, isolation, and spatial narratives.

 

Andrea Familari is a visual artist exploring how AI and technology shape human relationships. His recent works invite audiences into conversations with virtual beings, reflecting on intimacy, communication, and perception. Using video, generative systems, and multi-screen setups, he creates spaces for emotional and critical encounters with machines.