Current Events

Moving Image Perspectives

22. December 2024 – 30. June 2025
Group Show, Annka Kultys Gallery, London

Coinciding with its 9th anniversary, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY is delighted to announce the launch of its new digital programme Illuminated: Moving Image Perspectives, which will take place over the course of a year, and elaborates on the gallery’s expertise in moving image and reaffirms its ongoing commitment to this field.

On a weekly basis, Illuminated will offer unique insights into a new media artist using film, video animation, as well as their latest technological explorations, including blockchain and advanced technologies such as AI. This project aims to showcase and contextualise diverse digital art practices, while introducing international artists and their distinctive approaches to the gallery’s audience.

The online streams will be augmented by physical presentations of digital artworks in a private home setting at the gallery founder’s loft in Shoreditch. These installations will be accompanied by regular, invitation-only dinners and carefully curated exclusive viewings for art professionals, fostering deeper connections between artists, collectors, journalists, and museum curators.

Grand Snail Tour

26. September 2024 – 29. August 2025
Group Show, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Xanten Ruhrgebiet

What is the Ruhr area? An exciting metropolitan region centred around the major cities of Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg? Or a collection of scattered towns and villages from Alpen to Xanten? Or both? Does it consist of tranquil river landscapes along the Ruhr, Emscher and Lippe or is it hopelessly damaged by the scars of heavy industry? Ruhrpott, example of transformation, poverty zone – how can art open up, change and enrich this diverse region?

Urbane Künste Ruhr wants to find out and is launching the Grand Snail Tour in autumn, an artistic-performative journey through all 53 cities in the Ruhr region. Because this is an ambitious endeavour and Urbane Künste Ruhr has set itself the goal of getting to know local players, forming bonds and establishing sustainable networks, this is a three-year project.

Kick-off Grand Snail Tour in Xanten
Urbane Künste Ruhr is launching the Grand Snail Tour in autumn, an artistic-performative journey through all 53 cities in the Ruhr area. The kick-off event will take place on 26.9. in Xanten.

Instruments of Surveillance

21. September 2024 – 2. May 2025
Group Show, National Communications Museum, Hawthorn, Melbourne

As the race to create an artificial general intelligence (AGI) accelerates, questions of surveillance are more important than ever. Is it human or machine? And how can people equip themselves with the tools and knowledge they need to navigate technological futures?

Instruments of Surveillance grounds an age-old and contentious topic in the human and the everyday. From government spooks, data-extraction and activism through to generative AI, this exhibition unravels the interface between human and machine, inviting audiences to unpack the technologies that people use to surveil and their role in it.

Interact with a robotic commission by Louis-Philippe Demers. See an original WWII Enigma Machine, along with wiretaps and prototypes from the Australian Federal Police. Engage with commissions by Leah Heiss and Emma Luke, Kate Crawford, Aram Bartholl and Weniki Hensch among others.

This exhibition is curated by Jemimah Widdicombe (NCM) in collaboration with Dr. Tyne Sumner, current ARC DECRA fellow at the Australian National University.

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Upcoming Events

Are we there yet?

14. February – 16. May 2025
Group Show, Nome gallery, Berlin

Total Screen Time: BRAINROT

1. February 2025
Curatorial, panke.gallery, Berlin

Total Screen Time is a one night group exhibition on phones! All participating artists will bring a phone with their artwork on it, which will be mounted on the walls of the exhibition space. The idea behind the show is that the audience gets to peep through the hole of the artist’s phones immersing into their artworks. LET’S BRAINROT TOGETHER! 🧠 In a collective and liberating moment we asked all artists and visitors to share their daily phone screen time during the opening. WE ARE ALL GETTING EXPOSED LOL 🎀

Recent Events

Graphic Matters

29. November 2024
Talk, TURF festival, Breda

On Friday 29 November 2024, we are organising an inspiring afternoon for creative makers and tech enthusiasts together with TURF. During Current Characters IV: Wired Wonders , attendees and speakers will discuss the possibilities and ethical challenges of technology in art and design.

The new event TURF highlights electronic music, art, culture and tech. On Friday 29 November during Characters IV: Wired Wonders , three idiosyncratic makers Aram Bartholl (DE), SMACK(NL) and Roos Groothuizen (NL) present their work and share their views on the role of technology in art and autonomous design. They are known for their critical and social engagement. Wired Wonders promises to be a fascinating mix of inspiration and reflection, challenging attendees to think about the impact of technological innovations on the creative process.

Breda-based collective SMACK highlights the ethical dimensions of digital culture, critically visualising the seductions of technology and algorithms; Aram Bartholl explores the boundary between the digital and physical worlds, with critical installations that make technology tangible in the public domain; and Roos Groothuizen is known for her work on digital freedom and privacy, using technology as an activist tool to create awareness about surveillance and control.

Total Screen Time

21. November 2024
Curatorial, Ithakis 28, Kypseli-Athens, Athens


Total Screen Time is a
one night group exhibition on phones! All participating artists will bring a phone with their artwork on it, which will be mounted on the walls of the exhibition space. The idea behind the show is that the audience gets to peep through the hole of the artist’s phones to immerse into the artworks. LET’S BRAINROT TOGETHER! 🧠 In a collective and liberating moment, we also ask the artists  to share their weekly screen time prior to the opening. WE ARE ALL GETTING EXPOSED LOL 🎀

participating artists:
Andreas Angelidakis, Margarita Athanasiou, Cory Arcangel, James Bridle, Constant Dullaart, Chioma Ebinama, Evoulix, Fruitgillette, Agape Harmani, Hristos Hantzis, Kathrin Hunze, 1g.00_0 (Dirk Paesmans), Karl Heinz Jeron, Anna Kalozoumi, Kakia Konstantinaki, Markella Ksilogiannopoulou, Leefwerk, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lucile Littot, Miltos Manetas, Maria Mavropoulou, Anastasis-Panagis Meletis, Tokisato Mitsuru, Eva Papamargariti, Angelo Plessas, Captain Stavros, Kosts Stafylakis, Mandy Stergiou, Alexandros Touramanis, Connor Willumsen

curated by:
Aram Bartholl, Socrates Stamatatos & Theo Triantafyllidis

curatorial statement:
Our algorithmic life has been reduced to isolation and hostility the last few years. Alone in our echo chamber we are brain rotting endlessly, while each specific algorithm is surveilling our every move and gatekeeping the process of our actions. To quote the famous philosopher and poet, Britney Spears:

“What am I to do with my life?
How am I supposed to know what’s right?
I can’t help the way I feel
But my life has been so overprotected
I tell ’em what I like, what I want, and what I don’t
But every time I do, I stand corrected
Things that I’ve been told, I can’t believe
What I hear about the world, I realize I’m overprotected.”

Meanwhile, everyone seems to be obsessed with their screen time. Some are trying to downsize it, some are accepting their ‘terminally online’ identity, some perceive it as a competition, and some—as always, simply don’t care. Enough with the heavy! We invited thirty artists to present digital works through their own personal devices, extending an intimate invitation for audiences to peer through the artist’s screen—a portal into their unique, brainrot-filled worlds. From personal and collective imagery to camp, critical takes on surveillance, viral memes, and wholesome escapism—artworks from every corner of the digital psyche are on display. This one night exhibition is about connecting, sharing in the joy of deep-frying our brains, rather than in isolation. And we think THAT’S HOT!

Kill Your Phone (with style!)

16. November 2024
Workshop, Super Duper Store, Athens

KILLYOURPHONE.COM is an open workshop format. Participants are invited to make their own signal blocking phone pouch.📶 In the pouch the phone can’t send or receive any signals. It is dead! 📵This time we are adding a cute twist 🥰 your phone is going down with style 💖

Join @arambartholl & @socratesstamatatos on 16.11.2024 from 12:00-17:00 at our beloved @super_duper_wow 🎀

Blog Archive for Month: October 2009

Mirror Mirror

October 22, 2009

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I am showing First Person Shooter and 1H (video & object) at BYU MOA
Mirror Mirror: Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self
Brigham Young University Museum of Art:
October 23,  2009 – May 8, 2010
Opening: Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

This exhibition explores how we shape our identities and how we seek to change perceptions of ourselves. Works by multiple local and international artists trace the influences of rituals, facades, social media, and the family from various perspectives, in examining what it means to be human beneath the veneers we accumulate in society.
Picture: Mark Khaisman, Ani and Sofie, 2007. Packaging tape on Plexiglas in
light box.

Participating artists:
Kjellgren Alkire
Valerie Atkisson
Aram Bartholl
Dawoud Bey
Rebecca Campbell
Ben Coonley
Doug Dubois
Hasan Elahi
Harrell Fletcher
Douglas Gordon
Mary Henderson
Oliver Herring
Amy Jorgensen
Mark Khaisman
Jeff Larsen
Nikki Lee
Mike McGlothlen
Feng Mengbo
Julie Moos
Takashi Murakami
Julian Opie
Lydia Panas
Rachel Papo
Przemyslaw Pokrycki
Nate Ronniger
Lincoln Schatz
Michael Scoggins
Andrew Sexton
Amy Sillman
Beat Streuli
Endocrom


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Lack of electricity

October 22, 2009

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I am showing Random Screen at
Lack of electricity
2009. 10.22(thu) – 11.19(thu)
OPENING 2009. 10.22(thu) PM 5:00

Venue:
Space CAN (46-26 Seongbuk dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea, 136-822)

Artists:
아람바톨Aram Bartholl,
헤르빅바이저Herwig Weiser,
박준범June-bum Park,
전병삼Byeong-sam Jeon,
정흥섭Heung-sup, Jung

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limitations of media art. This p0ject Degins with the question, ‘Where do we find the meaning of media art when the
electricity is out?”. since tt_e electricity is an indispensable element for the process of media art. Tt_ is project signifies the
mean_ng of electricity in med_a art,

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Blk River

October 16, 2009

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Attention Attention you are entering the Street Art Sector!
Wow! First time using a can! Am I a writer now? 😉
I’ll be showing “Are you human?” in- and outdoor at the Black River Festival Vienna next week.
BLK River Festival
Gallery  Ofroom / Taborstraße 18 / 1020 Wien
Date: 22.October.2009
Time: 07.00 PM
Opening 22.10.2009

Participating artists:
Aram Bartholl
Busk
Deep Inc.
Brad Downey
Dtagno
Christian Eisenberger
Graffiti Research Lab/G.R.L.
Mark Jenkins
Know Hope
Tobias Leingruber
Aakash Nihalani
James Powderly
Albin Ray
Evan Roth
Max Schaffer
State of Sabotage
Stop Making Sense
Tempt One

Digital Disability

October 16, 2009

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I ripped of the peak of my thumb nail. No big deal. Till I realised I hardly can type on the tiny E71 keyboard.

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Tree tagging

October 16, 2009

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(found on Ackerstr. Berlin)

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'Defence'

October 14, 2009

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«Defence»
at Gallery Office ABC
Moscow
2009

by
Johannes P. Osterhoff

I want one Johannes!

'Grenzgänge'

October 9, 2009

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I am showing the piece Berlin east / Berlin west at the exhibition  “Grenzgänge”.

Opening tonight! See you there!
09. Oktober 2009 , Opening 19:30
Senatsreservenspeicher
Cuvrystr.3-4, Berlin
With:
BerlinAdams & Bajki // Aram Bartholl // Konrad Mühe // Matthias Wermke // Poet GFA // Stefan Micheel // Thomas Bratzke // Wilhelm Klotzek // Yukihiro Taguchi
curated by Lutz Henke

Calendar Update

October 7, 2009

My upcoming events
2.-7.2.10
F.A.T. lab at Transmediale “Futurity now!”, Berlin, Germany
17.12.09-19.1.10
“First Person Shooter” at FACT “Space Invaders”, Liverpool, UK
13.-29.11.09
“Google Portraits” at Microwave festival, Hong Kong, China
23.10.-25.11.09
“Are you human?” at Blackriver festival, Vienna, Austria
22.10.-8.5.2010
“First Person Shooter”, “1H” at BYU MOA, USA
22.10.-19.11.09
“Random Screen” at Space CAN, Seoul, Korea
10.-30.10.09
“Berlin west / Berlin east” at Grenzgänge, Berlin , Germany
14.7.-21.10.09
“WoW” at Laguna Art Museum, US
(No, i am not travelling to all these places …)

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Hack the city!

October 2, 2009

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I’ve bee testing my new tools for the workshops F.A.T. will offer at Transmediale 2010, good results so far!
😉

Old and new sticker

October 1, 2009

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Highly recommended ! Fotostream  ariel.chico
Nice one Ariel!