Lombardi—Kargl curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas
„An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room“

4.9. - 2.10.2021 Press release (opens in new tab)
Lombardi—Kargl, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna
BOX, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna
PERMANENT, Schleifmühlgasse 17, 1040 Vienna

www.lombardi-kargl.com since 2023
www.georgkargl.com 1998-2023

Curator(s):

Valentinas Klimašauskas is a curator and writer. Together with João Laia he curates the 14th Baltic Triennial at the CAC Vilnius (2021). With Inga Lāce he curated “Saules Suns”, a solo exhibition by Daiga Grantina for the Latvian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2019). Since 2020 he is a curator-at-large at Springs.video. Recent curated projects include “Who Looks out of a Window”, a solo by Valentýna Janů, lítost, Prague; “Pulse” by Alexandra Pirici, enlivenment of the Kaunas Ninth Fort Monument; “Microorganisms & Their Hosts”, a collaborative solo by Mindaugas Gapševičius at Atletika, Vilnius; “The Cave & the Garden” at Futura CCA, Prague, “Columnists” at Editorial, Vilnius (2019); “Portals or Location Scouting in Kaunas”, presented by Spike Art Quarterly (2017). He is the author of “Oh, My Darling & Other Rants” (The Baltic Notebooks of Anthony Blunt, 2018), “Polygon” (Six Chairs Books, 2018), and “B” (Torpedo Press, 2014). More of his writing may be found at www.selectedletters.lt
Valentinas Klimašauskas
Courtesy of Valentinas Klimašauskas

Artist(s):

  • Jakob Lena Knebl
  • Jakub Choma
  • Olivia Coeln
  • Anna Daučíková
  • * Leningrad, ex USSR, 1970 - living in Vienna, Austria
  • Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Himey
  • Artūras Raila
  • Andriy Rachinskiy & Daniil Revkovskiy
  • Paul de Reus
  • Nina Sarnelle
  • 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
  • *1968, lives in Athens
  • Ulyana Nevzorova
  • Goda Palekaitė
  • Born 1987, Finland
  • *1985, lives in Warsaw

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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An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Agnieszka Polska, Untitled, square HD video, 04'' loop, 2020
Agnieszka Polska, Untitled, square HD video, 04'' loop, 2020
Courtesy the artist
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimasauskas, installation view, 2021, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimasauskas, installation view, 2021, 2021
© Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Paul de Reus, Laptop, wood and paint, 30 x 22 x 32 cm, 2020
Paul de Reus, Laptop, wood and paint, 30 x 22 x 32 cm, 2020
Courtesy the artist
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Paul de Reus, Black Balloon, glass, screw, thread, 36 x 43 cm, screw 4 cm, 2000
Paul de Reus, Black Balloon, glass, screw, thread, 36 x 43 cm, screw 4 cm, 2000
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Paul de Reus, In the end I knew how to stop my endless eroticism, mixed media, 170 x 50 x 30 cm, 1993
Paul de Reus, In the end I knew how to stop my endless eroticism, mixed media, 170 x 50 x 30 cm, 1993
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Olivia Coeln, Untitled, pigment, pigment print, acrylic glass, resin, 56 x 41 cm, 2021
Olivia Coeln, Untitled, pigment, pigment print, acrylic glass, resin, 56 x 41 cm, 2021
Courtesy the artist
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Peter Fend/Ocean Earth, Maps and Letters, 2021
Peter Fend/Ocean Earth, Maps and Letters, 2021
Courtesy the artist and Lombardi—Kargl
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Jakob Lena Knebl, Ursula, leather, powder coated steel, ceramic, 190 x 45 x 50 cm, 2021
Jakob Lena Knebl, Ursula, leather, powder coated steel, ceramic, 190 x 45 x 50 cm, 2021
Courtesy the artist and Lombardi—Kargl | Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room, curated by Valentinas Klimašauskas, exhibition view, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, 2021
Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com
Andreas Angelidakis, Vessel, video, colour, sound, 7'56'', 2016
Andreas Angelidakis, Vessel, video, colour, sound, 7'56'', 2016
Courtesy the artist
Anna Jermolaeva, Research for Sleeping Positions, video, colour, sound, 16', 2006
Anna Jermolaeva, Research for Sleeping Positions, video, colour, sound, 16', 2006
Courtesy the artist
Nedko Solakov, A Magician’s Nightmare, magician’s tuxedo with eight secret pockets on a customized tailor stand, oil on eight canvas cutouts in various dimensions, clips, pins, staples, texts, 160 x 55 x 40 cm, 2016
Nedko Solakov, A Magician’s Nightmare, magician’s tuxedo with eight secret pockets on a customized tailor stand, oil on eight canvas cutouts in various dimensions, clips, pins, staples, texts, 160 x 55 x 40 cm, 2016
Courtesy the artist and Lombardi—Kargl
Artūras Raila, Under the Flag, video, sound, colour, 20', 1999 - 2000
Artūras Raila, Under the Flag, video, sound, colour, 20', 1999 - 2000
Courtesy the artist
Goda Palekaite, I Write While Disappearing, video, sound, colour, 17', 2021
Goda Palekaite, I Write While Disappearing, video, sound, colour, 17', 2021
Courtesy the artist
Jaakko Pallasuovo, Lindsay, SD video, stereo sound, color, 19', 2020
Jaakko Pallasuovo, Lindsay, SD video, stereo sound, color, 19', 2020
Courtesy the artist
Nina Sarnelle, Big Opening Event, HD video, sound, colour, 29', 2019
Nina Sarnelle, Big Opening Event, HD video, sound, colour, 29', 2019
Courtesy the artist
Ulyana Nevzorova, This Poster Can Be The Reason For My Detention, HD video, 56'', 2020
Ulyana Nevzorova, This Poster Can Be The Reason For My Detention, HD video, 56'', 2020
Courtesy the artist
Yarema Malashchuk | Roman Himey, Dedicated to The Youth of The World II, two channel video, colour/BW, audio, loop, 15'38', 2019
Yarema Malashchuk | Roman Himey, Dedicated to The Youth of The World II, two channel video, colour/BW, audio, loop, 15'38', 2019
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Anna Daučíková, Ordinary Voyeurism - A Woman, Lviv Central Station, 1996 SD video, colour, sound 2'28'', 1995
Anna Daučíková, Ordinary Voyeurism - A Woman, Lviv Central Station, 1996 SD video, colour, sound 2'28'', 1995
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Daniil Revkovsky | Andriy Rachinsky, Labor Safety in the Region of Dnipropetrovsk, video, colour, sound, 22'13', 2018
Daniil Revkovsky | Andriy Rachinsky, Labor Safety in the Region of Dnipropetrovsk, video, colour, sound, 22'13', 2018
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Jakub Choma, distractor, aluminium construction, uv print on plywood, acrylic paint, resin, plastic, metal chips and other industrial waste products, electricity cable with light bulp, screws, 220 x 120 x 120 cm, 2021
Jakub Choma, distractor, aluminium construction, uv print on plywood, acrylic paint, resin, plastic, metal chips and other industrial waste products, electricity cable with light bulp, screws, 220 x 120 x 120 cm, 2021
Courtesy the artist | Photo: © Lombardi—Kargl | Photographer: kunst-dokumentation.com