Aram Bartholl – Blog

THX everyone! The show came out really cool! Perfect setup and beautiful hardcore Netart!! :)) More about the OFFLINE ART exhibition format can be found here and an opening speech by Olia Lialina for the first edition is here.

OFFLINE ART: Hardcore

Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
August 30  – October 13 2013

curated by Aram Bartholl

‘Hardcore’ features a selected group of artists representing a wide range of radical approaches contrasting the mainstream idea of the digital image and web culture. Referring to subcultures in music during the 80s & 90s todays hardcore attitude can be found in various media and genres on the Internet. In the glossy controlled era of Facebook, Apple, and Google hardcore artists challenge conventions with radical points of view and hard core works.

production: Klara Pietrzak
code: Matthias Strubel
credits: xpo gallery

All pictures on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartholl/sets/72157635466755374/

with:

CONSTANT DULLAART
TOS (2013)
video

DEANNA HAVAS
Found Abstract Renders (2012)
Digital Image, .PNG

EI JANE JANET LIN in collaboration with MIAO JIAXIN
Collaborations #3 (2010)
video

EVA AND FRANCO MATTES aka 0100101110101101.org
Emily’s Video, extract (2012)
video

EVAN ROTH
http://kamasutra-on-dimgray.com (2013)
website

JODI
???? Representing  6′  Rainer Brendel  (2013)
website

JON CATES
(k)NEW.ERR▷ (2013)
HTML

LORNA MILLS
PUNCH (2013)
found animated gif collage

JEREMIAH JOHNSON
Enduring Potential (2013)
Website

PENELOPE UMBRICO
TV from Craigslist (2008- ongoing)
digital files of various sizes

ROSA MENKMAN
Beyond Resolution (2013)
website

SAKROWSKI aka. CuratingYouTube
CM-Version 2013 (2013)
video 18 min

UBERMORGEN
YouTube Comments (2013)
PNG, MKV

VUK ĆOSIĆ
Documenta DONE (1997)
website

The OFFLINE ART exhibition format:

Browser-based digital art works are broadcast locally from wifi routers which are not connected to the Internet. Each art work is assigned a single wifi router which is accessible through any device, like smart-phones, tablets or laptops. To access the different art works, the visitor has to connect to each network individually. The name of the network reflects the name of the artist. No matter what URL is opened, only the specific artwork appears in the browser. A small web server holding the art piece is installed on a USB flash drive which is connected to the router. Like frames holding the art, the routers are hung in the exhibition space which is otherwise empty. The art i tself becomes visible only on the visitor’s private screen.The pieces are locally widely accessible but disconnected from the Internet

Aram Bartholl 2013