Hallucinating Traditions is on view at the MIT Museum from February 28 to August 31, 2025. The exhibition explores the impact of large language models and AI technologies on cultural heritage through speculative animations and hybrid artifacts. Speculative AI-generated designs reference historical traditions while foreshadowing a future in which technology influences both cultural and personal expression. Artist Azra Akšamija blends traditional clothing with imagined futures in a series of morphing images, where AI-generated headgear transitions fluidly from one form to another. These visual transformations reveal evolving relationships between artificial intelligence, tradition, and cultural identity—blurring the perceived boundaries between cultures and eras.

Location: MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Cambridge, MA