Closing Reception Reflection: She Who Codes Herself
The Closing Ceremony for the current exhibit in the XR Women Museum. Look for a new exhibit coming soon!
We recently gathered for the closing reception of She Who Codes Herself: AI and the Aesthetics of Becoming at the XR Women Museum — a moment to reflect, celebrate, and honor the artists and community who brought this exhibition to life.
From the beginning, this show asked what it means to “code oneself” in an age increasingly shaped by algorithms — not simply to use AI as a tool, but to shape it with intention, ethics, imagination, and care. Over the course of the exhibition, that question unfolded through deeply personal, poetic, and experimental works that explored identity, embodiment, storytelling, nature, performance, and transformation.
Each artist offered a unique perspective: from critical reflections on AI ethics and agency, to intimate translations of memory into digital space, to movement-based sculptural environments, ecological connections between technology and nature, speculative fashion futures, and emotionally resonant narrative worlds. Together, their practices demonstrated that AI is not about replication — it’s about becoming. Becoming more human, more expressive, more self-determined.
The closing reception wasn’t just a goodbye — it was a reminder that exhibitions are living conversations. The ideas sparked here continue through the relationships we build and the futures we imagine together.
Looking ahead, we’re excited to carry that energy forward into our next exhibition, Vibrancy as Practice, co-curated with Charity Everett. This upcoming, cross-platform show explores vibrancy as a lived, intentional process shaped through mending, reclamation, visibility, and resilience. XR Women members working across immersive media are warmly invited to submit work — wherever it lives — from XR and games to performance, sound, digital fashion, and experimental forms.
Thank you to our artists, our leadership, and our global community for showing up with courage, curiosity, and care. You are what makes this museum possible.
The future of immersive art isn’t just something we witness — it’s something we create together.
XR Women Museum, Director
Inside the exhibit viewing the XR Women artists’ work.
