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🔜 in Berlin What makes an image art? How are new technologies changing our understanding of artistic authorship? And what remains constant across the decades? 💭 I'll be discussing these questions with Max Mayer on November 18 at 7 pm at the Kienzle Art Foundation. »Was Sein Kann« brings together two private collections representing different generations and areas of focus. While painting and conceptual art are central to the Kienzle Art Foundation's collection, digital art from the 1980s to the present occupies a particularly important place in the @wrngfrmt collection. The exhibition examines the art-historical and formal connections between these seemingly distinct visual worlds. Artists: Klaus Merkel, @CurioFringe, @daniloxhema, @cydr, @lm_netwebs, @andreasgysin, Waffles, @no_hygiene, @toadswiback, Lee Mullican

Contributed to this upcoming book with artist Stelarc. Other names in the mix include Mindy Seu, & Shumon Basar. ✨

💌 Thank you for all the sweet messages, but it's not me who's getting married tomorrow. It's OONA. @micolmicolmicol and I are the maids of honor. ❓ I know you have a lot of questions. ✍️ First: Will there be an NDA?
Yes, you'll have to sign one. 🎂 Second: Can I still come?
We're fully booked. VIPs have been notified, and your drinks are on us. (Thank you for the generous support, @redbeardnft!) ❣️ Does the soon-to-be husband know about the wedding?
Yes, he does. 🍿 Will he be there?
We'll see. 💅🏻 What will you wear?
A Stella McCartney dress. We're in London, right? Still discussing with myself whether I'll wear my Gucci Jordaan loafers or something more practical for work reasons. 💭 And yes, finally a wedding as an art event, which means you can officially only speak about what people are wearing. 💍 Is there a dress code?
Dress like David's watching. You might want to impress David. 🫶 … may we all find someone who pays us as much attention as David pays OONA.

💭 Rafaël Rozendaal, 2022 vs. 2026 »I wanted to quickly reply to the question of why computer art is being accepted only now. The art world was based on parties. It was always: ›Who do you meet at the party? Who do you hang out with at the party?‹ Nerds don't like parties. And so all these nerdy artists were making art, but they felt really bad at the parties. And now, all of a sudden, there's this distribution on the internet, and they can get away with being not really people-oriented. This whole idea of galleries and biennials, where you have to be cool and meet the right people, that era is over. Now nerds can just make their work and spread it online.« – Rafaël Rozendaal, 2022 Anika Meier: When we did the panel for Herbert W. Franke’s 95th birthday in Linz in 2022, you said something I’ve never forgotten: NFTs allowed the nerds sitting at home in front of their computers to become part of the art world without having to go to parties and dinners. Has that changed? Rhizome just celebrated its 30th anniversary with a dinner, and the NFT community was there too. Rafaël Rozendaal: I was thinking about that when I went to the Rhizome event this week. What makes it uncomfortable for me is that everyone in that room is an expert on art, and for some reason it’s not polite to talk about art. So you have to talk about shoes or air travel or something mundane. 🔜 on Right Click Save (@RtClick_Save)

💭 discussed who shapes culture in the age of ai with @matdryhurst, simon denny (@dennnnnnnnny), sarah friend (@isthisanart_), anan fries, and jess tucker (@akajesstucker) in berlin today

💭 »New Conditions: Art After AI« explores how artificial intelligence is changing the conditions under which art is made, experienced, exhibited, and valued. With, among others, @matdryhurst, @CaballeroAnaMa, Christoph Niemann, OMSK Social Club, Karen Archey (Head of the Curatorial Department of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf), and Laura Attanasio (Vice President of Pace). Programming by Mona Stehle, Artistic Director of Berlin Art Week, and myself. 📍 Berlin Art Week Garten at Gemäldegalerie

💭 In conversation with @Beeple for Kunstforum
 Beeple After the NFT Hype
Why Digital Art Is Still Underestimated »Early on, I avoided art history because I didn't want to start following rules that other people had already established. I was worried that if I absorbed too much of it, I'd stop thinking outside the box. I wasn't exactly confident in my ability to keep it from poisoning my beautiful artist mind and my pure intentions.«

A good sign that the summer break is over: events are starting up again. Berlin Art Week and Ars Electronica are just around the corner, but first, C/O Berlin is celebrating the 200th anniversary of photography on August 22, 2026, with a full day of events. The keynote will be given by Kate Crawford: »The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop« I’ll be moderating a panel with Florian Ebner, Chief Curator of Photography at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, author and cultural theorist Annekathrin Kohout, and artist Armin Linke. Following short presentations by the panelists, we’ll look toward the future of photography and discuss how AI, networked images, and digital image cultures are changing our understanding of images, reality, and photographic practice. As we think about the future and look ahead, what can we learn from past debates around new technologies? Will we still care whether an image was photographed or generated, or will provenance become more important than the category of the image itself? Where does an image come from, how was it made, and in what context? Does the individual image even still matter today? And do we actually need new terms for new kinds of images? Boris Eldagsen uses the term “promptography.” Does this distinction help us, or does it artificially maintain a boundary that is already disappearing? Or perhaps we need that boundary after all?