Voyager
2026
“Voyager” is an AI-aided, one-person-at-a-time immersive hypnosis installation by Trevor Paglen, presented at Palazzo Diedo, Venice, by Berggruen Arts & Culture. The work is part of a group exhibition opening concurrently with the Venice Biennale. Visitors enter one at a time, sign a liability waiver, and step into a curtained bay. Inside, biometric sensors and an AI voice guide them through a personalized 25-minute hypnosis session. The system adapts in real time: the AI listens to the participant’s spoken responses, monitors heart-rate feedback, and selects narrative pathways accordingly.
