Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, is proud to announce:
*The Black Chamber** *surveillance, paranoia, invisibility & the internet* Group exhibition and conference Curated by: Eva & Franco Mattes, Bani Brusadin aksioma.org/black.chamber Conference: Kino Šiška, Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana / March 9 – 10, 2016 Exhibition: Škuc Gallery, Stari trg 21, Ljubljana / March 10 – April 1, 2016 How did the internet go from the utopian free-for-all, open source heaven, libertarian last frontier to the current state of permanent surveillance, exhibitionism and paranoia? This duplicity is the underlying thread that links the artists, activists, and researchers who will participate in The Black Chamber, an exhibition, a symposium, and an urban intervention curated by The Influencers (Spain), produced by Aksioma in partnership with Drugo More (Croatia) and hosted, respectively, by Galerija Škuc and Kino Šiška in Ljubljana. Developed through ongoing research on these subjects by internationally renown artist duo Eva & Franco Mattes and researcher and curator Bani Brusadin, The Black Chamber aims at discussing the delicate and often awkward role of art and imagination in the age of mass surveillance, stressing the multiple connections between post-studio art and independent research, grassroots reverse engineering, and new forms of political activism in the age of networks. ** For centuries, nations around the world have operated Black Chambers, secret rooms where they tried to decode the messages being sent by their rivals: these were the precursors of the modern Intelligence Agencies. This project is an attempt to peek into the Black Chamber...* The Black Chamber has been developed in the framework of the European project Masters & Servers / http://mastersandservers.org. *The Black Chamber Conference* March 9 – 10, 2016 / Kino Šiška, Ljubljana With the participation of Marko Peljhan, Simona Levi, Evan Roth, Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion, and Zach Blas. See the program here <http://aksioma.org/black.chamber/pdf/black-chamber_seminar_eng.pdf>. *The Black Chamber Exhibition* March 10 – April 1, 2016 / Škuc Gallery, Stari trg 21, Ljubljana Exhibition opening: Thursday, March 10 2016 at 9 pm Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 12 pm – 8 pm Featured artists: Jacob Appelbaum & Ai Weiwei, Zach Blas, James Bridle, Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion, Simon Denny, Jill Magid, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Metahaven, Laura Poitras, Evan Roth. More: http://aksioma.org/black.chamber/ *Production: *Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana; Drugo more, Rijeka, 2016 *Coproduction:* d-i-n-a/The Influencers, Škuc Gallery, Kino Šiška *Partner: *Link Art Center The Black Chamber is realized in the framework of *Masters & Servers*, a joint project by Aksioma (SI), Drugo more (HR), AND (UK), Link Art Center (IT) and d-i-n-a / The Influencers (ES). Supported by: the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Slovenia. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. *Contact:* Marcela Okretič / [email protected] Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana Jakopičeva 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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