Quest Alliance will host Supercharged by AI, an interactive exhibition that reimagines how young people engage with Artificial Intelligence (AI) through the lens of creativity, equity, and digital empowerment. The exhibition will run from May 31 to June 7, 2025 at the Quest Learning Observatory — a hub for innovation dedicated to addressing climate change, fostering innovation, and nurturing holistic growth.
Originally conceived in Europe and showcased across 50 libraries, this travelling exhibition has been adapted for the Indian context. Produced by Tactical Tech and DensityDesign Lab at Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the exhibition is part of The Glass Room — an award-winning initiative that uses art and design to provoke new ways of thinking about technology.At the heart of Supercharged by AI is a collection of immersive installations, workshops, and dialogues that demystify AI, spotlighting its impact on everyday life, media, and information. But this exhibition is more than just a showcase. It’s a call to action for youth to explore, question, and reshape the AI-driven futures they will inherit.
Aakash Sethi, CEO of Quest Alliance, said, “At Quest Alliance, we believe young people must not only be consumers of technology but also be active co-creators of the digital futures. Supercharged by AI is an invitation to critically engage with artificial intelligence — to question it, play with it, and imagine how it can enable more inclusive, equitable futures. By blending technology with art, the exhibition makes AI accessible, immersive, and thought-provoking — turning artistic expression into a powerful tool for digital awareness and empowerment.”
Among the standout international exhibits is “Futures of Hope” by 13°77°, which invites participants to co-create utopian worlds via a digital interface that allows them to shape ecological and societal futures. Complementing these global exhibits are a range of India-specific innovations developed by Quest Alliance’s in-house team, the Quest Experience Lab (QEL). Central among these is MyQuest—a holistic development platform that leverages blended learning to offer lifelong, continuous learning opportunities for disadvantaged youth.Extending MyQuest’s mission are interactive installations such as AskAbhi, a 24/7 multilingual, AI-powered career guidance companion that personalizes career pathways for young learners, and AvatarGen, which enables youth to visualize themselves in a variety of professions through personalized, lifelike avatars.
These interventions harness the power of AI to ignite imagination, foster inclusion, and empower first-generation learners to navigate and shape a rapidly evolving digital future. Another key installation, based on Quest Alliance’s field research across India, reveals how students, particularly girls from rural and Adivasi communities, engage with AI for the first time, imagining futures that reflect their lived experiences and aspirations.
Bhawna Parmar, Research Specialist at Quest Alliance, said, “The exhibit ‘Imagining Alternate AI futures with young people’ challenges dominant narratives about AI by centering the voices and perspectives of the Indian youth. By engaging with speculative futures and fictional AI-driven worlds, young people shift from fear to agency, from uncertainty to curiosity and creativity. The exhibition fosters digital agency by enabling them to see themselves not as subjects of technological change, but as its co-authors.”Supercharged by AI is an invitation to shift the narrative from top-down visions of AI to grounded, diverse, and youth-led imaginations of what the future could and should be. For more information, contact [email protected] Quest Learning Observatory
