Current Events

Liebe auf den ersten Blick

26. October – 3. December 2024
Group Show, Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen

Die Stiftung Springhornhof wurde gegründet, um das Lebenswerk der 1998 verstorbenen Ruth Falazik weiterzuführen. Als Galeristin hat sie bereits in den 1960er Jahren aus dem historischen Spring­ hornhof einen Ort für zeitgenössische Kunst ge­ macht. Als spätere Kunstvereinsleiterin gelang es ihr, namhafte internationale Künstlerinnen und Künstler in das Heidedorf zu locken, um neue Werke im Dialog mit Natur und Landschaft zu entwickeln.

Die obere Etage gehört den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern des Ensembles von mittlerweile mehr als vierzig frei zugänglichen Skulpturen und Installa­ tionen, das vom Springhornhof stetig weiter ent­ wickelt wird. Großzügig haben sie Fotografien, Skulpturen und Objekte für den Verkauf zugunsten der Arbeit der Stiftung zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Schau führt eindrucksvoll vor Augen, welche Band­ breite künstlerischer Positionen die Neuenkirchener „Kunst­Landschaft“ mittlerweile umfasst:

Elmgreen & Dragset, Rupprecht Matthies, HAWOLI, Gabriela Albergaría, Hartmut Stielow, Mutter/Genth, Martin Reichmann, Kaori Tomita, Verena Issel, Aram Bartholl, Ulrich Eller, Harald Finke, Stefan Kern, Micha Ullman, Rolf Jörres, Timm Ulrichs, Christiane Möbus, Volker Lang, Carl Vetter, Anna Guðjónsdóttir, Will Beckers, Gisela von Bruchhausen und viele mehr.

Singularity

4. October – 15. December 2024
Group Show, C-Lab - Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei

2024 Future Media FEST-Singularity Embracing the Dawn of the Singularity

In the heart of the 21st century’s digital revolution, technological advancements are reshaping human existence—our lifestyles, thought processes, and societal structures. Underpinning this transformation is the captivating concept of the Singularity, a theory both alluring and profound.

The Technological Singularity, as envisioned by mathematician and computer scientist Vernor Vinge in 1993, designates a pivotal moment when machine intelligence eclipses human intellect. This event is predicted to trigger an exponential surge in technological progress, irrevocably altering the trajectory of civilization. The academic community further understands the Singularity as an inflection point where artificial intelligence reaches a certain threshold, catalyzing a cascade of technological disruptions and an “intelligence explosion.”

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.

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Upcoming 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.

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 🎀

Fix your phone shop

19. – 27. October 2024
Workshop, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven

Your smartphone is broken – and it’s not just a cracked screen. The problem is in the apps, the operating system, the hardware, and it affects your privacy, your health, and the health of our planet. During Dutch Design Week, visit the Fix Your Phone Shop by Waag Futurelab and learn what to do to fix it!

Killyourphone.com workshop at Fix Your Phone Shop

Blog Archive for Tag: second life

“The Vikings at Helgeland”

January 19, 2008


Schauspielhaus Hamburg shows “The Vikings at Helgeland” by Henrik Ibsen in a mix of stage play and Second Life play, streaming video in and outside Second Life at the same time. Visitors can enjoy the piece at the theater as well as in Second Life. I haven’t seen it yet but there is one feature I really like. In general in the theater as well as in Second Life the audience has its individual view/ camera position. Different to the fixed view in real life theater the user in Second Life can move his view/ camera position independetly from the avatar. But while watching the Ibsen piece in Second Life a script is controlling the camera position of the audience. This is interesing. All viewers in Second Life have the same view on the set in a more likely cinematic way. A movie camera position shows close ups, totals etc. according to the situation. Play and Cinema are merging.

Imagine, in 10 years we won’t go to the movies to see “Lord of the Rings” but we will see in Second Life (or similar) as a play in real time from preset (and also free choosen) camera positions. This thought opens up for a wide range possibilities. 🙂

upcoming shows:

24.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
25.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
26.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
07.02.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
10.02.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)

Island in Second Life SLurl:
Helgeland (176, 130, 31), Hamburg North Beach

Blog of the play:
www.nordische-heerfahrt.blogspot.com/

More infos on the piece at Schauspielhaus Hamburg website:
www.schauspielhaus.de

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Happy Birthday NewBerlin!

December 9, 2007


Exactly one year ago on 7.12.06 Tobias stepped randomly into Jan’s Gallery/Livingroom on Hannoverschestr.3, Berlin (today NewBerlin headquarter). Although they met for the very first time the idea of NewBerlin was born after 1 hour. Today they are running 3 sims with a RL-team of 5 employees constantly developing NewBerlin.

From business to freakshow everything is possible. You meet the most diverse kind of people at RL NewBerlin events. Thx for the nice party on friday, boys!

www.berlininsl.de

Jan is sunbading in his (minimum) 8 screen Second Life cockpit. I like the way they do business but still living the cyberpunk attitude.

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“Reinventing the Virtual City”

December 5, 2007


The very successful Shrinking Cities exhibition is still touring worldwide (where are they right now?). Recently they had a call for Second Life. Since the press anounced that Second Life shrinks Shrinking Cities took the opportunity to set up a competition on shrinking Second Life, sure they just had to :-). Florian Schmidt, a good friend won the first price with his proposal “SEMANTIC TECTONIC”. I am curious for his ideas on how to safe the virtual world 😉

Btw, yesterday Christian Scholz aka Mr.Topf aka Tao Takashi held a very interesting talk on the new Second Life grid architecture development at ComMeta convention center. Everybody will be able to set up a grid when the time has come…
slides

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Synthetic Performances

November 12, 2007


Eva und Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG, who I invited to 2nd City Ars07 are showing there Synthetic performances again. Don’t miss it!

“As part of PERFORMA07 we are doing three Synthetic Performances live at Artists Space, in New York, and in Second Life. Here are the details:

November 13
EVA AND FRANCO MATTES aka 0100101110101101.ORG
Synthetic Performances
6:30-8pm (performance begins at 7pm)
Artists Space, New York

In Second Life at Odyssey – 4 pm (SL time)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odyssey/35/41/24/?title=Odyssey

We are reenacting live seminal works of performance history through our avatars in Second Life, including a new reenactment of Marina Abramovic.
More info: http://07.performa-arts.org/artists.php?id=38&detail=true

Curated by Benjamin Weil, presented by Artists Space for PERFORMA07.
Produced with the generous support of Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana.

Please RSVP to rsvp@artistsspace.org and include the date and title of the
event in your subject heading.

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG”

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Sandbox Berlin – Pics

October 10, 2007


Sandbox Berlin workshop last week was great fun. Before we started I gave a lecture on Second Life sandbox phenonemon at NewBerlin flaggstore at brand new Alexa shopping center. Tobias an Jan have a great off space within this bizzar shopping mall. The following 2 days we were busy building a series of different geometrical objects relating to Second Life sandbox. The formerly part of Berlin Wall is a classic non defined space and perfect spot to create a Sandbox. We had many interesting conversations and reactions with people from the neighbourhood. I also took the opportunity to put up my Google map pin from project Map which I still had in my inventory 😉

It’s fun to see how objects are moved or manipulated over the night. The yellow cube became a house with a “door” and four “windows” in the first night. I am curious for the result on sunday.

Gino who is living next to the sandbox offered me to reuse the sandbox wood after the exhibition for his 100 meter, 4 tracks slotcar racing track he is setting up with some friends. Perfect transformation for theSandbox Berlin.

Sandbox exhibition is still running till sunday 14.10.07. Don’t miss it.

All the pics of Sandbox Berlin on flickr.

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2nd City on Linden Labs Blog

September 18, 2007


Robin Harper blogged some pics of 2nd City – Ars Electronica on the Linden Labs blog. I would like to share two fotos showing here phoning from RL into SL in Peter Harlanders phone booth at 2nd City.

Thanks for your visit and talk at 2nd City – Ars Eletronica, Robin!

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“L$” NewBerlin in trouble.

September 12, 2007

We had a lot of fun at 2nd City. Jan is a must have entertainer for SL related events. 🙂

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Second Life documentation screening

August 29, 2007


Susanne Jäger und Joachim Stein show the documentary film:

“MEIN WUNDERBARES ICH – Der andere Alltag in Second Life”/
“Wonderfull Myself – different everyday life in Second Life”

produced for WDR.

August 29, 10:30 pm
Doors open at 9:30 pm
at
GALERIE 35
Simon-Dach-Str. 35
10245 Berlin

The film will be aired on WDR at the same time and we are planing to have a premiere in Second Life simultanously at NewBerlin.

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“Tree” at Ars Electronica

August 21, 2007


I posted already serveral times about the Tree project. Finally this project will be produced by Ars Electronica 07 for 2nd City Marienstrasse. And it’s going to be not just one Second Life tree but a small forest 🙂 , 4-5 trees (less than in the image) will rezz on a empty space in Marienstrasse.

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Second Life Default Crate

August 21, 2007


I am finally back from vacation and offline time and now fully dedicated to preparation and production of all my projects, workshops and stuff at 2nd city Marienstrasse Ars Electronica 07. Ars Electronica team here in Linz is working under full steam to get everything done till the festival starts 5.9.-11.9. 2007.

First samples and objects from the all over design I did for Marienstrasse are already done. On the left you see a 50x50x50 cm default Second Life crate. In total there will be at around 25 plain and also printed cubes scattered over Marienstrasse. I love the default wood version! You find these standard cubes in Second Life everywhere.

I’ll keep you posted about progress of production of Ars Electronica 2007. It’s going to be big and fun!

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