Poetics of Encryption
Though we rely on digital tools for many things, we rarely understand how they work. Moreover, due to the proprietary nature of much corporate tech, even the most curious among us cannot gain deeper insight. Today, we are forced to come to terms with our relative lack of power in the face of inscrutable systems. What symptoms of this personal and political drama register in the cultural field? What moods, symbols, or narrative frames capture the aesthetics and politics of exclusion, occlusion, secrecy, and speculation concerning technology鈥檚 inside? This extensive group exhibition at KW builds upon the recent book by Nadim Samman titled Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene. It surveys an imaginative landscape marked by Black Sites, Black Boxes, and Black Holes鈥攖erms that indicate how technical systems capture users, how they work in stealth, and how they distort cultural space-time. These themes form the basis three chapters that play out across all gallery floors at KW. Spanning analogue and digital media, Poetics of Encryption features both historic and newly commissioned works by more than 40 international artists.
Though we rely on digital tools for many things, we rarely understand how they work. Moreover, due to the proprietary nature of much corporate tech, even the most curious among us cannot gain deeper insight. Today, we are forced to come to terms with our relative lack of power in the face of inscrutable systems. What symptoms of this personal and political drama register in the cultural field? What moods, symbols, or narrative frames capture the aesthetics and politics of exclusion, occlusion, secrecy, and speculation concerning technology鈥檚 inside? This extensive group exhibition at KW builds upon the recent book by Nadim Samman titled Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene. It surveys an imaginative landscape marked by Black Sites, Black Boxes, and Black Holes鈥攖erms that indicate how technical systems capture users, how they work in stealth, and how they distort cultural space-time. These themes form the basis three chapters that play out across all gallery floors at KW. Spanning analogue and digital media, Poetics of Encryption features both historic and newly commissioned works by more than 40 international artists.
Artists on show
- American Artist
- Andrea Khora
- Carsten Nicolai
- Charles Stankievech
- Clusterduck
- Daniel Keller
- Émilie Brout
- Emmanuel Van der Auwera
- Enorê
- Eva & Franco Mattes
- Gillian Brett
- Jon Rafman
- Jonna Kina
- Joshua Citarella
- Juan Covelli
- Julian Charrière
- Juliana Cerqueira Leite
- Jürgen Mayer H.
- Kate Crawford
- Matthias Planitzer
- Maxime Marion
- Morehshin Allahyari
- Most Dismal Swamp
- New Models
- Nico Vascellari
- Nora Al-Badri
- Oliver Laric
- Rachel Rossin
- Rindon Johnson
- Roger Hiorns
- Sebastian Schmieg
- Simon Denny
- Simone C. Niquille
- Sterling Crispin
- Tilman Hornig
- Trevor Paglen
- Troika
- Ubermorgen
- Vladan Joler
- Zheng Mahler
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