Gruppenausstellung „Architecture of Hidden Activity“

In the organizer's words:

Architecture of Hidden Activity - The physical dimension of the digital

Free admission.

The group exhibition Architecture of Hidden Activity, with works by Emma Charles, Marie Rief, Karin Sander, Stefanie Seufert and Silja Yvette, provides an artistic look at the infrastructures that support our digital lives but usually remain hidden in the background of technical systems. The exhibited works shed light on the effects of these structures, which are now clearly noticeable.

Packaging systems, data cables, server systems, data streams, digital cartographies, display patents, technology housings and similar elements form the invisible basis of our consumer and information society. They are part of the physical infrastructure of digitalization and ensure that data is exchanged and systems of all kinds are controlled on a daily basis on an unimaginable scale. While digitalization shapes modern societies, its infrastructure remains unfathomable in everyday life.

The artists translate these complex, invisible processes into installation, sculpture, video and photography and make them visible to visitors. The works bring hidden processes to light and show how values and resources are created, secured and transformed in the digital age. Together, they unfold a narrative about the materiality of the digital and the interfaces between economy, technology and everyday life.

Funded as part of the program Presentation of Contemporary Visual Arts of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Artistic direction: Marie Rief and Silja Yvette
Curatorial assistance: Tatjana Rotfuß