Entanglement – an Space of Knowledge
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.
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Guest Post by Maya Man: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
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.
Portals into Digital Worlds – Surfing on the «WEK» Planet
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.
Meme Reading List by Harley Aussoleil
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”.
NFTs – an Insight into the Deep, Open, Murky Seas
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.
On the Relationship Between Post-Internet Art and Fashion Design practice
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.