Alien Matter

15/05/2017

Johannes Paul Raether, who was part of the exhibition Alien Matter, is featured in the online journal of transmediale - festival for art and digital culture berlin. Read the interview and get to know Raether's thoughts on identity, witchery, and how to heal the world.

In this interview with writer and curator Arielle Bier Raehter discusses gender fluidity, technology as an extension of self, and the interplay of ritual, capitalism, and magic.

04/03/2017

Our exhibition catalogue now available!
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03/03/2017

is a stand-alone product that has been worked on for more than a year, featuring thirty artists from Berlin and beyond. In the introductory text, Arns utilises her background in literature and borrows a quote from J.G. Ballard, an English novelist associated with New Wave science fiction and post ap...

02/03/2017

For the last exhibition dialogue on 5 March 2017, curator Inke Arns invited artist Joep van Liefland, whose work "Video Palace #44 – The Hidden Universe" is part of Alien Matter. Start at 13:00; tickets at the venue or online: http://bit.ly/2lyZPxZ

24/02/2017

What to do on a rainy Sunday? Attend the Alien Matter exhibition dialogue between curator Inke Arns and art critic An Paenhuysen! 26 February 2017, 16:00 – Exhibition Hall at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Tickets are available at the venue or online: http://bit.ly/2kAGUls

22/02/2017

"This plurality does make the exhibition difficult to digest in one visit, and it is best to consider 'alien matter' as an object of knowledge to be tackled bit by bit in numerous forays." – this is tomorrow
You still have the opportunity to visit Alien Matter until 05.03.2017 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, daily 11:00–19:00 (except Tuesdays):

18/02/2017

Don't miss: Curator Inke Arns in conversation with journalist and researcher Marie Lechner—this Sunday, 19.02.2017, 16:00–17:00 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

17/02/2017

Will an artificial intelligence take over the world? ze.tt introduces Pinar Yoldas' work "Artificial Intelligence for Governance, the Kitty AI", part of the exhibition Alien Matter (German only):

In Pinar Yoldas‘ Kurzfilm Artificial Intelligence for Governance, the Kitty AI reisen wir ins Jahr 2039. Die Menschheit wird von einer künstlichen Intelligenz in Form einer niedlichen Katze regiert. Dieses Szenario ist gar nicht mal so unrealistisch.

09/02/2017

© Luca Girardini

Luca Girardini - Architecture Photographer

02/02/2017

3 hours left: Alien Matter opens at Haus der Kulturen der Welt tonight!

01/02/2017

"Alien matter is a human-made, potentially intelligent material that is utterly foreign to humans. It is the outcome of an escalating amalgamation of natural environments and technological artifacts, and within it, the algorithm is the new, non-human key player." – Read the Alien Matter introduction by curator Inke Arns:

31/01/2017

An uncanny precursor to contemporary artistic practices: The story of David Blair's unique 1993 multi-media project "Wax" resonates strongly with the concepts underpinning the upcoming exhibition Alien Matter. An interview with Blair is now up on the transmediale/journal:

Inke Arns and Elvia Wilk interview artist David Blair about the ongoing impact of his unique 1993 multi-media, multi-everything project