AI art and the foreclosure of ecological agency: a critique of Refik Anadol's Echoes of the Earth

Martin Zeilinger; Deniz Johns

AI art and the foreclosure of ecological agency: a critique of Refik Anadol's Echoes of the Earth

Martin Zeilinger
, Deniz Johns

Department of Games and Arts

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vectoral agents
Subtitle of host publication	power in the age of planetary computation
Editors	Jernej Markelj, Claudio Celis Bueno
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Institute for Network Culture
Chapter	3
Pages	21-31
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9789083520971
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2025

Publication series

Name	network notion
Publisher	Institute for Network Culture
Volume	4

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Artificial intelligence
Digital art
Climate change
Art criticism
Open source software
Environmental action

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Zeilinger, M., & Johns, D. (2025). AI art and the foreclosure of ecological agency: a critique of Refik Anadol's Echoes of the Earth. In J. Markelj, & C. C. Bueno (Eds.), Vectoral agents: power in the age of planetary computation (pp. 21-31). (network notion; Vol. 4). Institute for Network Culture. https://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Network-Notions-4.pdf

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Zeilinger, M & Johns, D 2025, AI art and the foreclosure of ecological agency: a critique of Refik Anadol's Echoes of the Earth. in J Markelj & CC Bueno (eds), Vectoral agents: power in the age of planetary computation. network notion, vol. 4, Institute for Network Culture, Amsterdam, pp. 21-31. <https://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Network-Notions-4.pdf>

AI art and the foreclosure of ecological agency: a critique of Refik Anadol's Echoes of the Earth. / Zeilinger, Martin; Johns, Deniz.
Vectoral agents: power in the age of planetary computation. ed. / Jernej Markelj; Claudio Celis Bueno. Amsterdam: Institute for Network Culture, 2025. p. 21-31 (network notion; Vol. 4).

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