Ghosts, Holograms, and AI: Emi Kusano’s EGO in the Shell
What separates being from system is becoming almost imperceptible. Inspired by the visionary Ghost in the Shell, Emi Kusano’s first solo show in New York examines this uncertainty in the age of AI. In EGO in the Shell, she explores how algorithms capture, filter, and refract us, rendering every ge
Fakewhale in conversation with Brennan Wojtyla
With LAN, Brennan Wojtyla transforms TICK TACK into an immersive installation that fuses gameplay, network infrastructure, and architecture, merging early 2000s LAN party culture with the concrete brutality of De Zonnewijzer. The exhibition moves fluidly between digital nostalgia and spatial manipul
Fakewhale in conversation with Jin Lee
Liminal Ring (2024) by Jin Lee caught our attention for its subtle yet powerful reflection on how humans try to control natural forces, and where that ambition falls short. With its use of 384 laminar-flow fans set against the unpredictable nature of turbulence, the work becomes a meditation on the
Ran Slavin, Radiances [2.0] at Ostrale Biennale, Dresden
Radiances [2.0] by Ran Slavin, curated by Drorit Gur Arie, at Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, 7th of June – 5th of October 2025. What if machines have started dreaming of us? What happens when their silence fills with echoes of our language, absorbed, imitated, reinvented by an intelligence that isn’
Bianca Hlywa, Morag Keil, Margherita Raso, The Invisible Hand at Gianni Manhattan, Vienna
The Invisible Hand by Bianca Hlywa, Morag Keil, and Margherita Raso, curated by Bianca Stoppani, at Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, September 8 – October 4, 2025. When we speak of invisible hands, the mind leaps toward economics and its arcane machinery. But pause for a moment, and something subtler, mo
The Collapse of the Contemporary Art Market: When Value Loses Its Narrative
For years, a fissure could be felt beneath the polished surface of the contemporary art market, an invisible yet growing crack made of excess, saturation, and fatigue. Today, that crack has become a fracture. Auctions are slowing, sales are falling, galleries are closing or even converting into non-
Bengt Tibert, BODIES OF WORK
There is a moment, when looking at certain images, in which the body feels too vast for the gaze that tries to contain it. It is not just matter, not just figure: it is an excess, a gesture that overflows the visible and dissolves into the frame that holds it. In BODIES OF WORK, Bengt […]
Fakewhale in conversation with Franc Archive
Coming from a background in street art and now working across digital installations and performative interventions, Franc builds an unexpected bridge between urban space and the virtual realm, between direct action in public space and algorithmic intervention online. With Breaking the News, his most
Cemile Sahin, «BB – BORN TO BLOOM», at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St.Gallen
«BB – BORN TO BLOOM» by Cemile Sahin, curated by Giovanni Carmine, at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St.Gallen, 06/09/2025–16/11/2025. What strategies does nature offer when war encroaches on every horizon? Can a flower become a monument, a camouflage, a myth? Entering Cemile Sahin’s first solo e
Myungchan Kim, Dahoon Nam, Ahyeon Ryu, Min Shin, Hán Yohan, Tactics for an Era, at K&L Museum, Seoul
Myungchan Kim, Dahoon Nam, Ahyeon Ryu, Min Shin, Hán Yohan, Tactics for an Era, at K&L Museum, Seoul What strategies are left to those who inhabit an era that already feels occupied, saturated, coded into its own machinery?How can we remain present, active, tactical, not just witnesses, in a ti
