Fakewhale in conversation with François Vogel: ENTRO_PY, Elasticity as an entropic trigger of expanded reality
Reality is never what is simply presented. It is what resists the stability of appearance.Throughout the twentieth century, both the body and vision have undergone a progressive deconstruction. From the performative disruptions of Happenings to Bruce Nauman’s early video experiments, from the frac
Jakub Żwirełło, Leave them all behind at Rodriguez Foundation, Poznań
“Leave them all behind” by Jakub Żwirełło, at Rodriguez Foundation, Poznań, 16/06/2025 – 20/06/2025. Exhibition text:Exhibition Text: Peter Stratenwerth, in an interview with Jonathan L. Ramsey published in 2023, recounts how a dairy cow, after he had taken her calf away and be
Gianni Caravaggio & Johannes Wald, “unforeseen” at Galerie Stadt, Sindelfingen
The first thing we noticed upon entering was a hand. Or rather: a metal outline of its profile, suspended in the corner of the main room. Not an evocative shape, but a precise sign. It’s an appropriate starting point for reading unforeseen, the exhibition that brings together Gianni Caravaggio and
Blurring Boundaries: Yiming on Machines, Organisms, and the Future of Hybrid Art
Yiming’s work consistently navigates the blurred boundaries between the organic and the synthetic, the conscious and the constructed, the human and the machine. Her hybrid sculptures and low-tech installations dwell in a liminal space, one that questions not only the role of technology in shaping
Fakewhale in Dialogue with the Jakob Collection: Rethinking Patronage and the Anti-Hero
A curious observer and unconventional collector, Lukas Jakob has turned his young age into a strength, building a collection that goes beyond simply accumulating works. His approach explores the fragilities, contradictions, and urgencies of our present moment. The Lukas Jakob Collection stands out f
Sculpting Society: The Unfinished Revolution of Joseph Beuys
Origins of a Myth: The Body, the War, the Transformation To speak of Joseph Beuys is to enter immediately into an ambiguous space where history and myth intertwine. Born in 1921 in Krefeld, Germany, Beuys did not simply live his biography, he transformed it into material. Central to this transformat
Curating as a Relational Practice: Fakewhale in Conversation with Giovanni Carmine
In the landscape of contemporary art, the role of the curator has undergone a profound transformation in recent decades, becoming increasingly hybrid, complex, and influential. Giovanni Carmine is a key figure in this evolution: from his early beginnings in the Swiss independent scene to his directo
Raphael Pohl & Theodor Nymark, Who’s in charge here? Art of a New Generation at ECK Museum of Art, Brunico
There’s a silence that precedes language. It’s the same hush that greets you at the entrance of the Eck Museum of Art: not unsettling, but preparatory. On the first floor of this space, formerly known as the Stadtmuseum Bruneck, a collaboration unfolds that feels less like a conventional exhibit
Invisible Structures: Dan Graham and the Shapes of Critical Thinking
Dan Graham never followed a conventional artistic path. He didn’t attend art school, nor did he receive formal training in the traditional sense. And yet, he became one of the most influential artists and thinkers of the late twentieth century. His journey began in 1960s New York, a time when art
Collecting the Digital: the Gesture, the Container, the Era
Collecting art today can no longer be understood simply as owning an object. Not in an age when the artwork itself has become fluid, dematerialized, and inseparable from the digital environment in which it is created.We live in a time when the shared digital image holds unprecedented cultural weight
