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Every artwork has a story. CONTXT lets your visitors discover it through natural dialogue, at their pace and in their language.

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What is this enormous sculpture in the middle of the rotunda?

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Transform your exhibition materials into an intelligent library in under 60 minutes.
Powering personalized mediation that meets every visitor's curiosity the moment it arises.

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Upload artworks, curatorial texts, press materials, and supplementary media. CONTXT indexes everything.

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The spinning fans are GPU coolers playing hymns composed by Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst — the computation phase of AI training, turned into music.
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Curatorial Essay, p.3
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Holly Herndon choral AI installation

Ideas That Translate

Every artwork inspires questions. CONTXT lets your visitors ask them — in their own language — and get answers as rich as a conversation with a curator standing beside them.

Performance, sculpture, video, painting — every medium has a story to tell. CONTXT adds zero physical footprint to your exhibition. Visitors use their own phones. No hardware, no signage, no disruption.

A New Way to Experience Art

Your full curatorial expertise, supercharged and everywhere at once — empowering visitors to dig deeper, spark conversations, and share discoveries with friends. Inclusive by design, because every visitor deserves the tools to understand the work in front of them.

What is this piece?
This is The Hearth by Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst — an AI trained on choral singing.
Why a choir?
Herndon sees choirs and AI as coordination technologies. Both create collective meaning from individual voices.
Can I hear it?
Yes — the installation plays live. Move closer and you'll hear the harmonies shift.
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No queues, no fixed paths — just scan a QR code and follow your curiosity. On your own device, at your own pace. During and even after your visit.

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The Hearth
Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst
"Both are coordination technologies. For thousands of years, choirs have created collective meaning. Herndon sees AI as the latest chapter."
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