Georg Kargl Fine Arts curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas
„An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room“
Georg Kargl BOX, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna
Georg Kargl PERMANENT, Schleifmühlgasse 17, 1040 Vienna
www.georgkargl.com
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- Jakob Lena Knebl
- Jakub Choma
- Olivia Coeln
- Anna Daučíková
- Anna Jermolaewa
- Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Himey
- Artūras Raila
- Andriy Rachinskiy & Daniil Revkovskiy
- Paul de Reus
- Nina Sarnelle
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Nedko Solakov More
Nedko Solakov Born 1957 in Tscherwen Brjag (Bulgaria) Lives and works in Sofia Nedko Solakov (b. 1957 Sofia) is a storyteller par excellence. He tells stories with humor and irony and in his narratives, he deals with universal subjects as well as autobiographical elements. As an alert observer of contemporary life, Solakov’s drawings, paintings, and installations call not only the art system into question, but also often global socioeconomical and political conditions as well as collective "truths" and the contradictions of human existence. Rather than adhering to classical compositional rules, his works are framed according to story lines. Nedko Solakov's work was featured in the 48th, 49th, 50th and 52nd Venice Biennial, Manifesta 1, Rotterdam, documenta 12 and 13, Kassel. Selected solo shows include Dvir Gallery, Brussels (2017), Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (2016), Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2015), S.M.A.K. Ghent and Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Serralves (2012), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2011), Kunstverein Amsterdam and Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (2010), Castello di Rivoli, Turino and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2009), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2008), Kunsthalle Mannheim (2006), Kunsthaus Zurich (2005), OK Centrum Linz and Malmö Konsthall (2004), The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2003), CCA Kitakyushu, Japan, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon (2002).
- Ocean Earth
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Andreas Angelidakis More
*1968, lives in Athens
- Ulyana Nevzorova
- Goda Palekaitė
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Jaakko Pallasvuo More
Born 1987, Finland
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Agnieszka Polska More
*1985, lives in Warsaw
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An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room
Let’s be clear. This guide is incomplete and unreliable, the data conflicting or missing, the war hybrid and ongoing. The room is a riddle in a labyrinth. Social media a synonym for something else. We are still trying to understand what else, exactly. “The moment has come when all the crises – economic, ecological, migration, informational and political – are intertwined, and nobody can entirely figure out where they originated and how to address them but many declare to have ‘the solution’,– concludes Marta Barandiy in her policy paper about the Russian information war against the West. However, this statement also accurately reflects the nature of the ongoing information wars. Thus, here we are, surfing between various waves of pandemics and various ecopolitical crises, trying to control, monitor and understand – not necessarily in this order – ourselves and the ever-changing world.
What is the Social Media War Room?
Social Media War Room (SMWR) may be described as a particular area that is specially designed to extract insights by visually monitoring certain real-time actions. Thus, it consists largely of multiple screens displaying data from an arsenal of sources. Accordingly, the exhibition is built around diverse works that are connected to monitoring (semi)public acts, mining reality, researching social networks in Ancient Greece, behavioral surplus, data exhaust, political demonstrations, leaked material, media spectacles, various online collections, public voyeurism, amongst others. SMWR may be compared to the News Room or War Room – they all are rooms for monitoring and controlling the ongoing situation.
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