When youngsters play Minecraft together for a week, a lot of surprising things happen... Here’s a look back at the one-week Minecraft workshop, which took place in the summer of 2024 as a children’s holiday activity at HEK.
This guest post series by Juan Pablo Garcia Sossa accompanies his installation in the Tools for Change exhibition at HEK. The artist explores alternative network concepts like "Redários"—networks as hammocks that balance and support each other. This first post challenges the extractive logic of data and reimagines digital systems, especially in tropical contexts. More posts will follow over the duration of the exhibition.
US artist Claudia Hart has given the Tinguely Fountain a feminist twist with her virtual female figures. She had a conversation at her home on Staten Island in New York City with Susanna Petrin about the work.
Entanglement is a space of knowledge that was created as part of the exhibition «Libby Heaney: Quantensuppe» (23.3 - 26.5.2024) at the HEK (House of Electronic Arts) as a semester project by Samuel Trümpy at Bern University of the Arts. The website presents different access points to Libby Heaney's exhibition and the themes dealt with therein. The individual chapters are intended to enable new contexts and perspectives by linking and juxtaposing them.
Sabine Himmelbach, Director of HEK and curator of the current exhibition «Libby Heaney: Quantum Soup» and artist Libby Heaney give us insights into the slimey, soupy and fluid world of quantum. Together, they unravel Heaney's unique visual language, explore the intriguing landscape of quantum mechanics, and reflect on Heaney's remarkable journey from quantum physicist to artist.
Johanna Müller, a recipient of the Pax Art Awards 2023 recognising emerging artists, identifies herself as an internet flâneur, delving into our interactions and behaviors within digital realms. Presently featured in the ongoing exhibition at HEK, titled «UBERMORGEN, Johanna Müller & Giulia Essyad. Swiss Media Art – Pax Art Awards 2023», she presents two newly commissioned pieces sponsored by Art Foundation Pax alongside previously established works. In this interview, she offers insights into her artistic journey, perspectives on AI, and advocates for an internet revolution.
Maya Man was elected by the Friends of HEK 2023 community to create a solo exhibition on HEK’s online exhibition space, virtual.hek.ch. In this blog post, Man gives insights into the conceptual background of the exhibition, exploring Danish fairytales, the online shopping platform, depop, and red shoes as objects of desire.
Marina Nething of nextmuseum.io/ Museum Ulm (DE) reflects on the first months of HEK's blockchain-based extended circle of friends, Friends of HEK.