The Arbiter

Anna Manankina

Title	The Arbiter
Subtitle	Two-channel video installation
Author	Anna Manankina
Description (de)	In this project, I examine how the male gaze is built within AI systems content moderation , where censorship and sexualization coexist. Drawing from Anselm Feuerbach’s 1852 painting Hafis vor der Schenke, depicting the poet Hafez and two silent women, the work poses the question: if freed from spectatorship, what voices might they reveal? This two-channel video installation reimagines the scene through AI video generation and live narration. Referencing Valerie Solanas’s S.C.U.M. Manifesto, it reflects on how Gen-AI, governed by moral bias, mirrors a patriarchal worldview - still defining what is visible and what must remain unseen.
Description (en)	THE (A)RB(I)TER In this project, I examine how the male gaze is built within AI systems content moderation , where censorship and sexualization coexist. Drawing from Anselm Feuerbach’s 1852 painting Hafis vor der Schenke, depicting the poet Hafez and two silent women, the work poses the question: if freed from spectatorship, what voices might they reveal? This two-channel video installation reimagines the scene through AI video generation and live narration. Referencing Valerie Solanas’s S.C.U.M. Manifesto, it reflects on how Gen-AI, governed by moral bias, mirrors a patriarchal worldview - still defining what is visible and what must remain unseen.
Category	Installation Bewegtbild
Type of project / creative work	Two-channel video installation Audiovisuelle Installation Animation
Keywords	Zensur KI Malerei Kunstgeschichte
Date	November 2025
Language	Englisch (eng)
Material	2-Kanal-Video
Dimensions	1920x1080
Duration	00:02:33
Internetlinks	https://hfg-karlsruhe.de/aktuelles/frameworks-of-f… https://www.kuma.art/de/node/17987