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Empty Plate is placed in a museum without permission
Reporting records Marrow hanging the AI digital print Empty Plate in National Museum Cardiff without permission; the museum says it removed an unauthorised object. The artist addresses poverty and exhibition rights and accepts AI as an artistic tool.
Research question
Helps distinguish AI used as a protest tool from opposition to AI itself: this action questions exhibition authority and addresses poverty.
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “Elias Marrow / Empty Plate: museum intervention (related context).” case-0067. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.