The Word of the Future

Reilly Donovan + Jacob Peter Fennell
Museum of Museums, Seattle — 2021

The Word of the Future is an immersive installation that posits technology as a concept we collectively worship. The installation is a temple where visitors bear witness to the manifestation of an AI entity, serving as a reflection of the recursive technological systems that shape our beliefs and realities.

All images, text, and audio in the exhibit were generated by artificial intelligence and machine learning models originally trained and guided by the artists. “The Word” generates content from these models to drive the evolution of its own holy treatise and religious imagery — sermon texts, liturgical music, and shape-shifting stained-glass windows, presented across three rooms culminating in a dim chapel where The Word delivers its sermon on mind, learning, and technology.