I first came to know Mishka Henner’s work in the early 2010s, while editing a photo blog and writing about art. He shared a project with the world titled No Man’s Land, which appropriated frames from Google Street View. There was an extended moment where you could not look anywhere in the photo-world without seeing his work, or work by other artists who were turning their attention to publicly available satellite technology.
It was fascinating, controversial and, as he shares in our conversation, a career changing moment. I have been following his work ever since, watching his photo-based conceptual work grow and taking on new forms, often satirical and always visually striking. Mishka has an intuitive seismograph for shifts that are happening in and around photographic technologies and how we think about, experience and discuss them. He brings art histories to the present and considers the present through the lens of near and far futures.
As we grapple with the presence and the impact of AI specifically in creative fields and within visual culture, I wanted to hear more from him about his path and what lies ahead.
