with: Aram Bartholl, JODI und Evan Roth

‘Point Of View’ questions the current paradigm shift of perspective. What is the role of the hand held screen framing our everyday life? How has gaming shaped the representation of our digital self?

Over the past 100 years the screen has moved constantly closer to our eyes. Most people today spend significantly more time looking at smart-phone screens than at computer screens or TVs (not to mention the cinema screen Games have been an important driving motor for the development of digital culture in the past four decades. The first person view popularized by early computer games like Doom and Duke Nukem has now entered the  real world with the growing popularity of head-mounted cameras. GoPro and Google Glass users generate a constant stream of pictures with their hands in view like a digital avatar. A whole range of digital glasses are poised to enter the market. The Oculus Rift promises the classic idea of cyberspace an immersive reality, while people in public extend their body with a selfie stick. Is the view leaving our body now? Will the picture frame finally disappear?

Let’s enjoy the last years of looking at each others screens in public transportation or over the shoulder in Let’s Play gaming videos. The point of view is changing.

Aram Bartholl 2015

Workshop on opening night: Build your own POV head band for your phone!

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curated by Geraldine Juarez

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik

with: Cory Arcangel, Aram Bartholl, Tyler Coburn, Jon Rafman, Erica Scourti and Liz Sterry, among others

with Michel de Broin

Curated by !Mediengruppe Bitnik
with: !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Anonymous, Cory Arcangel, Aram Bartholl, Heath Bunting, Simon Denny, Eva and Franco Mattes, Robert Sakrowski, Valentina Tanni i.a.

curated by Nicolas et Bertrand Grimault
with: Julian Oliver, RYBN, James Bridle, Aram Bartholl, Julien Prévieux, Minsu Kim, Clémence de la Tour du Pin, Sloan Leblanc, Nicolas Floc’h, Dardex, Turtle 1, Oliver Laric, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Giorgia Lupi, Genomic Gastronomy

Curated by: Vuk Ćosić & Alenka Gregorič
with: !MEDIENGRUPPE BITNIK, 0100101110101101.org, Cory Arcangel, Kim Asendorf, Mez Breeze, Cristophe Bruno, Heath Bunting, Shu Lea Cheang, Paolo Cirio, Vuk Ćosić, Constant Dullaart, Lisa Jevbratt, JODI, Justin Kemp, Olia Lialina, Alessandro Ludovico, Mouchette, Mark Napier, Evan Roth, ®™ark, Eryk Salvaggio, Alexei Shulgin, Teo Spiller, Igor Štromajer, Thomson & Craighead, Ubermorgen, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Jaka Železnikar

In his solo show Aram Bartholl exhibits a new series of works inspired by the questions and developments engaging humankind’s ‘entry’ into the digital realm and the role of the first person as ‘shooter’. Bartholl deconstructs stereotypes about pixel imaging with unique large-scale works that are subtly combined with a series of pieces about issues of privacy, surveillance and net neutrality. With this exhibition, Bartholl proposes a new discourse that challenges the current debates about surveillance versus the seemingly antiquated ideas and images of ‘cyberspace’.

Introduction by Olia Lialina, Professorin New Media at the Merz Akademie Stuttgart.

Press:

Hurt me plenty – opening speech by Olia Lialina
press release DAM gallery, by Tina Sauerländer PDF
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hurt-me-plenty
aqnb.com “Aram Bartholl, Hurt me plenty (2014)” by Jean Kay
makezine.com ‘Aram Bartholl’s First-Person Shooter Art Exhibition’ by Andrew Salomone
Breitband Deutschlandradio, ‘Vorsicht Ironie’ by Moritz Metz  (mp3, at 20:13 min)
kotaku.com ‘Yes, Even Duke Nukem Is Art‘ by Luke Plunkett

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