Clouddomination

Arvin Arta

30 Jul–13 Sep 26

29 July, 6 pm

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Arvin Arta’s first solo exhibition uses elements from early 2000’s fan culture and video games to draw a link between post-9/11 militarisation and Germany’s contemporary political landscape. With a mix of carnivalesque irony and unsettling horror, Clouddomination focusses on the relationship between Islamophobia in the media and the systemic violence of the US-European war machine. Arta brings the cute, fluffy metaphor of the digital Cloud employed by the tech industry down to earth, asking how the material infrastructure of the internet enacts domination.

Accompanying programme

About the artist

Arvin Arta is a Berlin-based artist making experiments that encapsulate the ontology of technology, race and surveillance. Their artwork primarily takes the form of video, websites and interactive installations. Arta is a grant recipient of Fulbright, ISA, Deutschlandstipendium and SFPC Scholarships. They have worked as a research associate with Antenna (Hafıza Merkezi) in Berlin and as a guest lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts. Their works were shown at Ars Electronica, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Kyiv Biennial, Kunsthalle Baden Baden, New Museum and Documenta 15, among others.

Team and Support

Curation: Frances Breden

Exhibition Design: Carolina Redondo

Assistance: Tara Čikara

Graphic Design: Dani Hasrouni

Invigilators: Hassan Elmalik, Daniela Schoepe & Team

Support: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Office

The Galerie im Turm is run by the municipal government of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. This project is supported by the Fund for Communal Galleries and the Fund for Exhibition Honorariums for Visual Artists.

Accessibility

The exhibition text is available in English, German, German Sign Language, German plain language, and German Braille.

The two video works and the video game are subtitled in English and German.

Information on the gallery’s accessibility is on our About Us page.