Alt Nets

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Alt Nets · a group show
https://findselecttransform.world
find.select.transform – Resilient Networks in a Wounded World

Artists: Everest Pipkin (US), Tega Brain (US) / Benedetta Piantella / Alex Nathanson, James Bridle (GRC/GB), Matthias Fritsch (Berlin), Alice Yuan Zhang (US), eeefff (BLR, Berlin), Ursula Endlicher (AT/US); additional workshops by Liaizon Wakest, Ola Bonati & Brendan Howell

Curators: Noemi Garay and Sakrowski

Opening: Thursday, 5 September 2024 at 7 pm
Exhibition: 6 September – 19 October 2024

Details, events, workshops:
https://panke.gallery/exhibition/alt-nets

The group exhibition Alt Nets at panke.gallery brings together artistic positions that explore the intersection of community networks, low tech and permacomputing. The relation between these concepts lies in their shared values of community empowerment, sustainability, and accessibility. They represent different aspects of grassroots efforts to reclaim control over technology and communication infrastructure, while also promoting environmental stewardship and social justice/equality. Central to the exhibition is the recognition of the qualities derived from grounding artistic practices in existing contexts, conditions, and communities. Unlike the solutions proposed by technocratic elites, which often overlook collective efforts and community organization, the artists featured in Alt Nets prioritize nurturing and strengthening the communities they grew from.

↝ Events:

7 September 2024
3 pm & 5 pm
The HTMLgardeness - Sowing HTML but Harvesting AI
https://panke.gallery/event/the-htmlgardeness-sowing-html-but-harvesting-ai
AR Walking tours by Ursula Endlicher

8 September2024
2–7 pm
Permacomputing Your Way Out of Casual Dystopia
https://panke.gallery/event/permacomputing-your-way-out-of-casual-dystopia
workshop by Ola Bonati and Brendan Howell

[TBC]
THE WET NET writing* room
https://panke.gallery/event/the-wet-net-writing-room
workshop by Alice Yuan Zhang

22 September 2024
4–7 pm
Artist presentation and mushroom cultivation workshop
https://panke.gallery/event/mathias-fritsch-artist-presentation
by Matthias Fritsch

29 September 2024
3–7 pm
Roam the Wilderness of Autonomous Social Networks
https://panke.gallery/event/roam-the-wilderness-of-autonomous-social-networks
workshop by Liaizon Wakest

6 October 2024
1–6 pm
WALDGARTENPILOT REHFELDE
https://panke.gallery/event/waldgartenpilot-rehfelde
excursion by Matthias Fritsch

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The exhibition Alt Nets is part of the project find.select.transform – Resilient Networks in a Wounded World, which responds to the pressing social, ecological, and economic challenges of our time. It employs artistic positions to critically examine how current technological developments and organizational practices can contribute to a sustainable transformation of our society.

The project aims to highlight alternative strategies, aesthetic positions, and networks that challenge the conventional understanding of growth. In doing so, it emphasizes the role of art in narrating such developments and seeks ways to address power imbalances and extractivism.

The focus will be on artistic positions regarding the climate catastrophe and community networks that promote democratic participation and equality.

The schedule for 2024 includes the symposium in June and September, the presentation of telepresent artists and a live streaming event in October as well as the exhibition and accompanying programs from September to October. The variety of formats promotes interdisciplinarity and multiperspectivity.

The realization of exhibition is made possible by funds from the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.