exhibition / guest post
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.
guest post
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.
for schools / guest post / media culture
Can you find the cat hidden in the hill? Can you understand what the flowers in the forest are discussing? Who lives in the mushrooms that grow in the caves? In the water world, who is watching over the sparkling crown? Which couriers deliver food to the floating cloud village? Do you see the great rice cake planet in outer space? A guest article by Andrea Fortmann.
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
