Join us for a live Gallery Surfing session at panke.gallery with NYC-based net artist Maya Manand Berlin-based media and concept artist Aram Bartholl as they browse the web together. The artists will talk about their practices, showcase current projects, surf their favorite websites, and share their open tabs and personal desktops.

In their works, Maya and Aram explore online economies, social media, and current technologies, as well as their aesthetic, personal and societal implications. Having participated in the early developments of AI applications – from glitchy GAN-generated animations, random text generators, and face filters to the current AI models that generate sophisticated videos from single images – Aram and Maya share the experiences they have gained by using these tools and reflect on the effects they’ve had on their own artistic practices, as well as the online and offline environments they inhabit.

As both Maya and Aram have been at the forefront of bringing net art into physical spaces, they will also share insights into the curatorial formats they have developed: from Aram’s speed showsand one-night group exhibitions on phones – one of which recently happened at panke.gallery – to Maya’s sacred screenshots, taken from the phones of 20 artists and exhibited at her project space HEART in NYC.
At panke.gallery, both artists will share the space and their screens.

Come surf the net with us!
…and don’t forget to visit the gift shop on your way out.