Swiss Media Art: Studer/van den Berg, Maria Guta, Simone C Niquille – Pax Art Awards 2020
June 29, 2021 6:40 pm Leave your thoughtsInterviews with the 2020 Pax Art Awards winners on scientific utopias, self-representation, and computer vision.
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Interview with Patrick Keller / fabric | ch
March 31, 2021 12:27 pm Leave your thoughtsPatrick Keller of fabric | ch, a studio for architecture, interaction and research in Lausanne, provides thrilling insight about the new work installed in the staircase of HeK.
New addition to the collection
February 1, 2021 10:42 am Leave your thoughtsFour Transitions (2020) is the name of the new work by Swiss artist Jürg Lehni that has found its way into the HeK's collection through a donation from the Christoph Merian Foundation.
On the Relationship Between Post-Internet Art and Fashion Design practice
January 31, 2020 1:19 pm Leave your thoughtsJanuary 2019, Viktor & Rolf presented their Haute Couture collection in Paris and created a social media frenzy. The memefied collection titled Fashion Statements proposed voluminous dresses stating: “I am my own muse”, “Is fashion overrated?”, “What is your position on climate change?”, “Give a damn”; ready for online circulation. The dresses went viral on social media, shared widely across every fashion and meme-raker’s Instagram accounts.
Towards 300 Actions Per Minute – Some Thoughts on Lawrence Lek’s Comprehensive Work
October 9, 2019 6:41 pm Leave your thoughtsBoris Magrini, co-curator of the exhibition "Lawrence Lek: Farsight Freeport", discusses in his article the manifold connections between AI, automation of work, and e-sports.