Adelina Allberg / Amanda Kessaris / Helene Skuterud / Maria Josef / S.R. / Yanina Zaichanka
Meta.Morf 2024 – [up]Loaded Bodies / Galleri Blunk / June 23 – 26 /
Curator: Galleri Blunk / Header Graphics: Video-still from “The Third Place”, courtesy of the artist.
Cyber Fluids
With the overall theme for this year’s Meta.Morf Biennale being [up]Loaded Bodies, we wanted to put together an exhibition that had a certain bodily fluidity. A fluidity that flows between the digital and the physical, never fully settled, thriving in a liminal space. Liminal comes from the Latin word ‘limen,’ meaning threshold.
The exhibition “Cyber Fluids” is the in-between state, a transitional ecosystem between the digital and the physical, a river delta forming archipelagos of islands and fertile soil. The digital soil of the river banks lays the groundwork for a new culture to emerge, as the river historically has always done. The soil of the river banks in ancient Mesopotamia provided its peoples with clay tablets to inscribe some of the earliest recorded writings on; this led to the widespread use of cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems. The digital soil has also provided us with new ways of expression and new ways for art to be distributed, produced, and consumed.
The internet, however, is not a peaceful river, and the cultures of Mesopotamia had a prevalent flood myth (a predecessor to the story of Noah’s arc). What happens when the digital river overflows the physical land? Will it still be possible to surf the web, or will we need to build boats? Or to swim? Or drown?
This exhibition shows a selection of student works.