Immerse yourself in "SLIME", an exhibition at the Secession exploring the social, cultural, and political operations of digital hybridity. This unique on-site and online project features diverse artistic presentations and critical discussions. Visitors can experience specially commissioned art, historical works, film screenings, and engaging workshops. It critically engages with how technology shapes our contemporary society.
Read curatorial context and practical visitor information for SLIME at Secession in Vienna
SLIME is a unique hybrid online and on-site project exploring our hybrid realities through commissioned and historical artworks, lectures, film screenings, and workshops. It delves into the social, cultural, political, and sensory operations of digital hybridity and its impact on contemporary society.
SLIME is a unique hybrid on-site and online project that delves into our hybrid realities. The exhibition, curated by Joshua Simon, encompasses specially commissioned and historical artworks, lectures, performances, film screenings, and workshops, including one on making actual slime. The name is inspired by the metastable, plasma-like substance that is prevalent in online tutorials and videos. SLIME critically engages with the social, cultural, political, and sensory operations of digital hybridity. The exhibition investigates how society today, operating at the site of implementation rather than production, experiences shifts in meaning-making. This includes transformations from strikes to riots, from the working class to surplus populations, from solidarity to conspiracy, and from organization to inconsequential sovereignty. The digital hybrid amplifies finance's intrusion into social reproduction, with the belief in digitality as an immediate practice creating sensual and political boundaries embodied by phenomena ranging from ASMR to far-right politics. The Secession program explores this societal phenomenon and its precursors in art to form an image of the political, economic, and cultural realities attributed to the digital hybrid named SLIME. Within the main hall of the Secession, artist Francesco Finizio presents his new installation _Tickle Drown Thing_ (2024), transforming the space into a pick-up point for online purchases that is, however, out of order. Opposite, Elisa Giardina Papa's _Leaking Subjects and Bounding Boxes: On Training AI_ (2022) is displayed alongside a book, featuring images the artist collected while working as a human trainer for various AI optical systems. In the rear ceiling grid of the main hall, Ulrich Formann presents his new installation _Echo-System_ (2024), a planetarium-like constellation mapping conspiracy networks the artist followed on Telegram. A magnified detail from Albrecht Dürer's print _The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I._ (1518–1522) is displayed, where the word "Ratio" (Latin for "reason") is encircled by a sinuously winding line. In online culture, Dürer's Ratio signifies the opposite: a post receiving numerous negative comments, indicating a discrepancy between high interest and low approval that the algorithm interprets as popularity.
Admission to the on-site program is free. Visitors are directed to the Secession website for general information and ticketing, and a specific online platform slime.secession.at is provided for the online components of the exhibition.
Review exhibition status, schedule, venue context, and attribution details for SLIME at Secession in Vienna
Uncover visualization processes shaping reality in a media society.
The "Hier ist dort 2" group exhibition delves into painting's role in examining visualization processes. Discover works questioning the interplay of reality, abstraction, and social construction in a media-driven world. This thought-provoking show is hosted at Secession Vienna.
View Exhibition Details
Exploring architecture, memory, and Manet-inspired painting in Vienna.
Discover how Stephen Prina recontextualizes architectural elements and engages with art history through his Manet series. This exhibition highlights his unique approach to conceptual and contemporary art.
Stephen Prina Exhibition
A conceptual art experiment reimagining the 19th-century art salon concept.
Discover Kristina Leko's impactful "Beweis Nr. 4," featuring a blend of private art collections and creations from workshops with unemployed individuals. This exhibition stimulates cultural dialogue, exploring the concept of universal artistry and art's role in society.
View Exhibition Details
Powerful installations on marginalization, surveillance, and contemporary identity.
Experience Imran Perretta's immersive sound and video installation, "the destructors," and a new site-specific work. The exhibition critiques power dynamics, state surveillance, and the formation of identity for young people.
Imran Perretta Exhibition
Explore how scientific principles meet artistic expression with wit and irony.
Discover Attila Csörgő's unique works, from photography to sculpture, that visualize unseen phenomena. This exhibition invited viewers to engage with scientific concepts like kinetics and optics through artistic experimentation and transparent systems.
Attila Csörgő Exhibition
Relocating and reordering personal workspace into a public sculptural form.
Explore Thea Djordjadze's ambitious project at Secession. Her entire Berlin studio inventory transforms into a large-scale installation, recontextualizing everyday items and tools. Discover artistic process and material perception within this dynamic exhibition.
Thea Djordjadze ExhibitionExplore Vienna's dynamic art and cultural displays today.
Find compelling art, history, and science exhibitions happening throughout Vienna. This specialized resource helps you locate unique cultural experiences and plan your visit to inspiring displays. Explore Vienna's rich cultural scene with ease.