Beyond the Real: Art in the Age of Perpetual Reproduction
The Image Before the Experience The exhibition begins well before its official opening. The public already knows about it, comments on it, and forms opinions before even stepping into the gallery. Contemporary art happens on Instagram, not as a direct experience, but as a flow of images that precede
Donald Gjoka in Dialogue with Fakewhale: COEVAL Magazine, Creativity, and the New Underground
Over the past decade, COEVAL Magazine has established itself as a key voice in contemporary visual culture, seamlessly blending diverse creative languages, from the underground currents of fashion to the realm of digital art, while maintaining an independent and distinctive identity. At Fakewhale, w
Fakewhale Solo Series presents The Consequences by RJ
On April 3rd, 2025, at 4 pm CEST / 10 am ET Fakewhale Solo Series presents The Consequences by RJ on objkt.com. Drawing from Greek mythology, RJ constructs a series of pixel-based animation GIFs that examine punishment as a system of repetition. Rendered in a visual language shaped by digital habits
FW Spotlight: Top Submissions of March
As we move through the works of Sakul, Ramić, and Wolfryd, we find a recurring tension, one that dissolves and reassembles itself in different forms. Time crumbles like a weathered wall, knowledge fractures into arbitrary classifications, and art history becomes a network of interchangeable assets.
Between Precariousness and Structure: Fakewhale in Dialogue with Giovanni Termini
Giovanni Termini‘s art is a continuous dialogue with space, matter, and the tensions between balance and fragility. His work transforms the construction site into a space for aesthetic and conceptual reflection, where emptiness is never absence but possibility. In an art world increasingly dri
Losing the Backup Fragments of a Fading Digital Memory
A few months ago, my computer was stolen. With no backup. In an instant, I lost photos, writings, videos, and the archives of the last and first thirty years of my life. The external backup I had was faulty and irrecoverable. That was the end. After a mild nervous breakdown, I followed the stages th
Maija Fox, Valo Vairio, A Base For A Crane at Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
A Base For A Crane by Maija Fox and Valo Vairio at Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, 28/02/2025–23/03/2025. Exhibition Text:A Base For A Crane: A home of materials, nets, machines, spirits, and workers; a community of connectors nestled together. From liquid to fixture, from grass to sky, from lifting
Fakewhale in dialogue with Ofluxo
We have been following the journey of O Fluxo with great interest. As an online platform, it has distinguished itself through its ability to capture and showcase the most experimental trends in contemporary art, design, and visual culture. With a keen curatorial approach and a deep sensitivity to
Visual Detachment x Verse: Retina Misconceptions Allow Boundless Medium
On March 25th, 2025, Visual Detachment returns exclusively at Verse with a new Fakewhale Gallery format that interrogates our ingrained modes of seeing. By centering on the concept of “retina misconceptions,” this exhibition dissects the biases embedded in our visual apparatus and explores how d
Geoffrey Pugen, Webtology: Prisms at MKG127, Toronto
Webtology: Prisms by Geoffrey Pugen, curated by Michael Klein, at MKG127, Toronto, 15/02/2025–15/03/2025. Exhibition Text:Webtology: Prisms explores speculative futures through digital collage, integrating sourced imagery, 3D modeling, and AI-generated textures. Pugen begins by extracting and mani
