Avital Meshi is a new media and performance artist exploring the impact of AI on human identity and sociality. She is a PhD candidate in Performance Studies and Science and Technology Studies at UC Davis.

Rest! is a collaboration between artist Avital Meshi, whose work focuses on embodied AI, and Danish artist Dorte Bjerre Jensen, whose work has long engaged rest as resistance, a concept coined by Tricia Hersey.
Nick Oh, Seeing Machines: Luba Elliott on the 2026 CVPR Art Gallery
Meshi invites viewers to become entangled with AI algorithms, reclaim agency, and spark discussions on identity transformation.
Xia Liu, Seeing Machines: Luba Elliott on the 2026 CVPR Art Gallery