exhibition / interview / media culture
Boris Magrini, curator and head of Program at HEK, interviews artist Géraldine Honauer. Honauer's works are exhibited at HEK as part of the «Performing Traces – Regionale 23» exhibition until 01.01.2023.
do it yourself! / guest post
Krautsource Energy Workshop on regenerative design thinking or how to plug your finger into the socket.
guest post / media culture
Harley Aussoleil of COVEN Berlin looks back on the topic of memes, proposing a reading list that encompasses some of the important themes covered in the “Complainers and Killjoys: Criticizing the Art World through Memes” workshop as well as “Media Culture A-Z: Memes”.
guest post / media culture
Extracts from a talk given by David Garcia at HEK on the 7th of April 2022 for Medienkultur A-Z: Fake News. #ethics #FakeNews #mediaculture #Medienkultur #PostTruth
guest post
In this guest article Colombian artist, Juan Cortés, explores the relationship between biodiversity, biohacking and the future of agriculture in Colombia. #agriculture #essay #juancortés #biohacking #colombia
guest post / media culture
NFTs are hailed by some as the future of the art world, but in what way are they really changing the existing system? Guest post by artist and computer scientist Julia Schicker. #art market #blockchain #cryptocurrency #digital art
exhibition / guest post / media culture
January 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.
guest post
An introduction into participatory design methodology for AI by Christine Meinders and Jana Thompson (and inspired by the Feminist.AI community). #artificial-intelligence #design
exhibition / guest post
How does artificial intelligence recognize faces – and why does it not work with black people? A creative inquiry into the bias of image recognition tools by guest author Iyo Bisseck. #artificial-intelligence #ethics