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Using artificial intelligence, Giselle Beiguelman portrays women and plants stigmatized throughout history. Alicia Matsuda. Jornal da USP, April 14, 2024.
https://jornal.usp.br/cultura/com-inteligencia-artificial-giselle-beiguelman-retrata-mulheres-e-plantas-julgadas-pela-historia/
Yes, AIs can produce works of art—even if you don't like it
Alvaro Leme. (Planeta IA). April 10, 2025.
https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/planeta-ia/sim-ias-podem-produzir-obras-de-arte-mesmo-que-voce-nao-goste-disso/
Artificial intelligence, Brasilia, and poisonous plants with Giselle Beiguelman. Terrace with Nicolas Valencia (Chile) https://open.spotify.com/episode/38yv1WP6aT3xC9pkNK60PA
Poisonous, harmful, and suspicious
Lucia Santaella. Zum Magazine. March 7, 2025
https://revistazum.com.br/ensaios/venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas/
Artificial intelligence opens up possibilities, but also poses challenges for artists
Pesquisa Fapesp Magazine. February 5, 2025
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/inteligencia-artificial-abre-possibilidades-mas-tambem-impoe-desafios-aos-artistas/
The impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the visual arts
Fapesp Magazine (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/kg8wxgfrMiw?si=EAFUNzGVW6Yd2dtF
02.02.2025
AI in art makes it possible to change colonialist imagery
Nexo Jornal
January 27, 2025
https://www.nexojornal.com.br/entrevista/2025/01/27/ia-na-arte-possibilita-mudar-o-imaginario-colonialista
Artificial Intelligence as your ally on vacation
Mariana Kotscho
https://marianakotscho.uol.com.br/luciana-pavan-90-segundos-de-financas/a-inteligencia-artificial-como-aliada-nas-suas-ferias.html
January 24, 2025
Magic Camera for the Past: A Review of Giselle Beiguelman at Galeria SESI São Paulo
New City Brazil
January 17, 2025
https://www.newcitybrazil.com/2025/01/17/magic-camera-for-the-past-a-review-of-giselle-beiguelman-at-galeria-sesi-sao-paulo/
The artist who uses AI to rescue the memory of forgotten botanicals and demonized plants: "Witches were the first doctors in history."
El Periodico de Espanã
12/31/2024
https://www.epe.es/es/cultura/20241231/artista-rescata-ia-memoria-botanicas-plantas-demonizadas-brujas-primeras-medicas-historia-113011338
AI exhibition links forbidden plants to forgotten women
Veja São Paulo
12/26/2024
https://vejasp.abril.com.br/coluna/arte-ao-redor/venenosas-nocivas-suspeitas-centro-cultural-fiesp/
Hydraulic Tile 11/28/2024
https://ladrilhohidraulico.substack.com/p/guia-venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas
Folha de S. Paulo – Ilustrada
11/27/2024
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2024/11/artista-usa-ia-para-dar-vida-a- mulheres-e-plantas-banidas-entre-cientistas-e-maconha.shtml
TV Globo – Bom Dia São Paulo
November 14, 2024 (approx. 1:39)
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/13100821/
Giselle Beiguelman's exhibition "Venenosas, Nocivas e Suspeitas" (Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious) gains prominence in São Paulo
11/14/2024
https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/exposicao-venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas-de- giselle-beiguelman-gains-prominence-in- sp,d5583affe96d1f19dfd28503f53b1a76um3utfwl.html
's Profile 11/14/2024
https://brasil.perfil.com/brasil/exposicao-venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas-de-giselle-beiguelman-ganha-destaque-em-sp.phtml
TV Cultura – Metrópolis
Nov. 12, 2024 (approx. 6m30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=l7YERCdChALDzYpQ&v=6sSZ7s33Xe4&feature=y outu.be
Art in Action
11/12/2024
https://artequeacontece.com.br/evento/natureza-viva-de-marcelo-tinoco-no-centro-cultural-fiesp-2/
Select
November 11, 2024
https://select.art.br/botanica-ficcional/
Home & Garden
11/10/2024
https://revistacasaejardim.globo.com/arte/noticia/2024/11/mostra-traz-obras-que- plants-that-have-been-banned-throughout-history.ghtml
Arte!Brasileiros
November 10, 2024
https://artebrasileiros.com.br/evento/exposicao-venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas-de- giselle-beiguelman/
G1 – SP Guide
November 8, 2024
https://g1.globo.com/guia/guia-sp/noticia/2024/11/08/numanice-estreia-de-ainda- im-here-brazil's-bet-on-the-oscar-elis-regina's-musical-and-more-see-what-to-do-in-sp.ghtml
UOL – Nossa UOL
November 8, 2024
https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticias/redacao/2024/11/08/fim-de-semana--things-to-do-in-Sao-Paulo-even-on-rainy-days.htm
BOL – Entertainment
November 8, 2024
https://www.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2024/11/08/fim-de-semana-programas--things-to-do-in-Sao-Paulo-even-on-rainy-days.htm
Folha de S. Paulo – Guide
November 7, 2024
https://guia.folha.uol.com.br/passeios/2024/11/exposicao-que-imagina-sao-paulo-no- futuro-e-opcao-de-passeio-na-cidade.shtml
Published in the print edition of November 8, 2024
Estadão – Culture
November 7, 2024
https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/fim-de-semana-in-são-paulo-there-is-a-musical-about-ze-ramalho-usp-book-festival-and-a-concert-by-diogo-nogueira/?srsltid=AfmBOopUEccarzOSHfoZlK-x1f4lJU7Odq-euNC3AQ4YKJV2NlIbW3Ci
Casa Vogue – Cultural Calendar
November 6, 2024
https://casavogue.globo.com/mostrasexpos/noticia/2024/11/agenda-cultural-novembro.ghtml
Elle – Culture
November 4, 2024
https://elle.com.br/cultura/mostra-giselle-beiguelman
Jovem Pan – Entertainment
04.11.2024
https://jovempan.com.br/entretenimento/centro-cultural-fiesp-apresenta-exposicao- venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas-a-partir-de-novembro.html
Hydraulic Tiles – Guilherme Werneck
November 1–6
https://ladrilhohidraulico.substack.com/p/sleaford-mods
ArtSoul – Agenda
https://artsoul.com.br/revista/eventos/exposicao-venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas-de- giselle- beiguelman#:~:text=In%20%22Poisonous%2C%20Harmful%20and%20Suspicious,of%20art%20and%20science
DasArtes – Calendar
https://dasartes.com.br/agenda/giselle-beiguelman-centro-cultural-fiesp/
Olá SP Guide
https://guiaolasp.com.br/venenosas-nocivas-e-suspeitas/
Research and Academic Impact
"Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious" combines historical research, artistic creation, and experimentation with artificial intelligence to investigate the erasure of women and botanical knowledge, as well as the racial, gender, and age biases inherent in AI systems. This collection brings together publications from the research and its offshoots, studies on the body of work, conferences, and debates.
Research Publications and Follow-up Developments
BEIGUELMAN, Giselle. Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious: Stories of Women, AIs, and Plants. In: SPERLING, David; LOPES, Ruy Sardinha; TONETTI, Ana Carolina (eds.). Art, Science, and Technology: Between Media, Methods, and Worlds. São Paulo: University of São Paulo, Institute of Advanced Studies, 2026, pp. 148–165.
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BEIGUELMAN, Giselle. “Artificial Intelligence and Image Politics: Memory, Erasures, and Dissidences.” InfoDesign, vol. 22, pp. 1–16, 2025.
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BEIGUELMAN, Giselle. Deviant Natures. São Paulo: Afluente, 2025. 212 pp. Bilingual edition.
BEIGUELMAN, Giselle. “Machinic Eugenics of the Gaze: Computer Vision, Ageism, and Gender.” V!RUS, vol. 1, no. 28, pp. 14–28, 2024.
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BEIGUELMAN, Giselle. Artificial Intelligence as a Phármakon: Algorithmic Art Between Medicine and Poison. Rapsódia, no. 17, pp. 161–174, 2023.
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Studies on the work
PEDERSON, Claudia Costa; ACEVES SEPÚLVEDA, Gabriela; BADANI, Pat. “Artful Minds, Healing, and Well-Being: Women, Art, Science, and Technology in Latin America, 1970s to the Present.” Leonardo, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 623–636, 2025.
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The study includes *Venenosas, Nocivas, and Suspeitas* as part of an investigation into Latin American artists working at the intersections of art, science, and technology. It discusses the reconstruction of women’s life trajectories and the difficulties AI systems face in representing older women.
SANTAELLA, Lucia. Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious: An Interplay Between Episteme, Techné, and Poiesis. TECCOGS: Digital Journal of Cognitive Technologies, no. 31, pp. 195–204, 2025.
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The analysis examines the relationships between knowledge, technique, and creativity in the work, discussing the historical erasure of women and ageism in artificial intelligence systems.
SANTAELLA, Lucia. “Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious.” ZUM Magazine, March 7, 2025.
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ARANTES, Priscila. “Witches’ Botany: Intertwining Knowledge, Plants, and Technologies.” Arte & Crítica — Brazilian Association of Art Critics, Sept. 26, 2025.
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The text discusses the exhibition as an exploration of colonial memory and the knowledge of women who have historically been silenced, bringing together botany, ancestry, art, and technology.
Conferences and Lectures
Poisonous, Harmful, and Suspicious: AI, Ageism, Racism, and Gender. *
: Understanding Artificial Intelligence*. Institute of Advanced Studies at USP, São Carlos, 2025.
Deviant Natures: Artificial Intelligence, Women, and Plants. *
* *Deviant Conversations 2*. MARGS, Porto Alegre, 2025. With Marcelo Leite.
Deviant Natures: On Women, Plants, and AIs.
SESC Research and Training Center, São Paulo, 2025.
Deviant Natures: Art and AI Beyond Colonialism. “
” AI and Art Seminar. Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 2025.
Deviant Natures: Rethinking Museums Beyond Colonialism and the Anthropocene.
New Visions and New Missions for Natural History Museums. Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France, 2025.
Art, Science, and Landscape: From the Colonization of the Imagination to Deviant Natures. *
: Brazil Through the Eyes of Travelers—Thirty Years*. Maria Antonia University Center, São Paulo, 2025. Organized by: Group for Curatorial Practices and Studies at FAU-USP.
: Art, Nature, and Artificial Intelligence.: Conversas Desviantes. MARGS, Porto Alegre, 2025. With Maria Amélia Bulhões, I. Simões, and M. Ritter.
Art and Artificial Intelligence: Subversion or Submission?
3rd CineMarias Film Festival, 2024.