KlangLand 17 Exhibition
I am really happy to present my latest work „I am sitting in a machine;“ at KlangLand 17 in Kassel, Germany.
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I am really happy to present my latest work „I am sitting in a machine;“ at KlangLand 17 in Kassel, Germany.
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Read MoreMy installation “What do machines sing of?” will be part of this years “MÈQ FESTIVAL – Festival international d’art numérique performatif et de création audiovisuelle contemporaine” in Montpellier (France). MÈQ FESTIVAL takes place 12 October — 14 October at Humain trop humain CDN Montpellier. I will also give […]
Read MoreHappy to announce that I will be part of this fantastic 2-day programme of workshops, roundtables and installations at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain. The purpose of summerLAB is to exchange experiences of community work that promote the creative and critical use of […]
Read MoreI am really happy to present my new work “I am sitting in a machine;”. The work consists of two parts. One part is a web page application distributed via the Internet. The other part is a limited edition dubplate record consisting of 30 units.
Read MoreI am very pleased to invite you to the upcoming Flipping the Coin evening at Berghain´s Kantine. I am going to present my new work „I am sitting in a machine;“.
Read More“What do machines sing of?” will be part of B-Seite – Festival für visuelle Kunst und Jetztkultur in Mannheim (Germany).
Read MoreMy work “What do machines sing of?” will be part of the CTM Festival Edition 2017 in Berlin (Germany). CTM Festival’s 18th edition takes place 27 January – 5 February 2017 at various venues in Berlin.
Read MoreI am really happy to announce that one of my Pixelhead artworks is now in the permanent collection of The International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. and currently on display.
Read MoreI am pleased to announce that “What do machines sing of?” will be shown at the Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) 2016 in Montreal, Canada. My work will be part of the main exhibition called AUTOMATA and takes place at the Arsenal, Contemporary Art.
Read MoreMy work “What do machines sing of? ” will be shown at the European Media Art Festival 2016 in Osnabrück, Germany.
Read MoreI am really happy to announce my first solo exhibition in Zagreb (Croatia) in collaboration with Mochvara Gallery and KONTEJNER.
Read MoreScope Sessions Artist Talks & Media Salon invited me to speak at their monthly speaker session.
Read MoreMy sound art piece Dron:ing will be part of SIGHT.SOUND [INTERACTION] 8 in Baltimore (USA).
Read MoreMy Pixelhead artwork was used for a performance at TEDx Madrid by the spanish undercover journalist and writer (known as) Antonio Salas. The conference was curated by Antonella Broglia. Please find the video documentation after the click.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of being interviewed by Radio Deutschlandfunk (Corso – Kultur nach 3) about my latest artwork ‘What do machines sing of?‘. The interview is now available online as Audio-on-Demand.
Read MoreI was interviewed by WIRED Germany about my latest art project, algorithms and emotionally intelligent machines.
Read MoreMy work is featured in the first issue of the lovely SOLEMNE Magazine about contemporary art. Besides myself, other great artists from Berlin like Robert Lippok, Hito Steyerl, and Frank Hülsbömer are also featured in the first issue. The magazine is based in Guatemala, Central America.
Read MoreI finally finished a new installation called “What do machines sing of?”.
Read MoreI am happy to announce that my Pixelhead artwork will be part of the ‘New Aesthetic?’ exhibition in Brisbane, Australia.
Read MoreMy Pixelhead artwork is currently on view at the “inch & cm” gallery in Darmstadt from February 2nd to February 27th of 2015.
Read MoreI’ve been invited by Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt to give a talk about privacy and to show one related artwork of mine in the context of their first ‘Blackout Privacy’ conference and exhibition. Unfortunately, due to time issues, I had to cancel the talk, but my Pixelhead will be […]
Read MoreAfter Vienna and Amsterdam, FACELESS in smaller format as part of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection – CPDP comes to Brussels at De Markten. Opening on 21st of January. The exhibition will be followed by a symposium, guided tours and presentations.
Read MoreBack in May, I collaborated with M.I.A. for her latest “Double Bubble Trouble” music video with my very own Pixelhead mask. Three of four Pixelhead masks from the music video are going to auction (Ebay). The masks are strictly limited to four, each worn in the music video, […]
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