About
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Short:
🆂𝗂𝗆𝗈𝓃 ᵂє𝐜𝐤𝐞ⓡᎢ, a 𝔪ᵒᗪ𝐞𝓻ɴ-day 𝕯𝐢𝐠ιⓉ𝒶𝓵 wizard & playfull tinker, works in a 🌐𝓭𝒾𝓰𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭' where 𝖈ø𝗱𝖾 & 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕤 ≠ just tools, but ironic statements. He combines:☷ Tech, 🎨 Art, & cheeky critique 🌀, unraveling 🜂𝖈𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕩 issues that make us 🤔, 😄, or scratch 🅷🅴🅰🅳🆂. °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
💻: www.simonweckert.com
Long:
Simon Weckert, a modern-day digital wizard and mischievous tinkerer, revels in sharing his insights on everything from generative design to physical computing – think of it as tech wizardry with a dash of social commentary. His playground? The digital world, where code and circuits aren’t just tools but ironic statements. Forget tech’s practical value; Simon's focus is on what future generations will make of our button-pressing, app-refreshing selves. His creations are part tech, part art, and part cheeky social critique, aiming to unravel complex issues in a way that makes people laugh, think, or maybe just scratch their heads. His artworks and performances has been shown at V&A Dundee, Ars Electronica Linz, CCBT Tokyo, chi K11 artspace Shanghai, Löwenbräukunst Zurich, Vitra Design Museum, EDF Foundation Paris, Transmedial Berlin & Bauhaus Museum Weimar.
Solo Exhibtion, " The Republic of Null Island", Februrary 24, 2024 - Aksioma
Solo Exhibtion, " Ubuntu - The other me !", October 09, 2021 - Museum Gunzenhauser
Contact:
mail sw@simonweckert.comEducation:
born 608296271 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany. studied New Media Art at Berlin University of Art in Digital Media Class.Organization / Research / Teaching:
since 2019 - member of analogNative since 2020 - memeber of Chaos Computer Club since 2024 teaching at University of Arts, Linz 2020 - 2022 AI Researcher for Digital Curation Technologies at Art+Com for QURATOR.AI 2022 - 2023 Guest professor at HFG Karlsruhe for new mediartAwards:
2023 - Voith Kunstpreis - Kunst und Technik 2023 - WIN/WIN - Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen 2021 - Social Impact Award - Japan Media Arts Festival 2021 - German Design Award - Nominated 2020 - Award of Destinction (Interactive Art +) - Ars Electronica 2018 - Jury Selection - Japan Media Arts FestivalPublications:
The map is not the territory, but another version of reality in Chaos Computer Club - Datenschleuder Image Garden - Curating Collections and Designing Smart Exhibitions with AI-Based Tools from the journal i-com The Republic of Null Island Lila Strauss The Republic of Null Island MediumTalks, Discussions & Workshops:
2025 Jury Member: Artificial Life & Intelligence,Ars Electronica, Linz Jury Member: STEINEREI 2025,Metropol Kino, Chemnitz (Un)Creative Machines,Design Film Kunst, Hochschule Luzern Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, Art University Linz, Linz COLLOQUIUM FUTUR II, Grace Studiobar, Offenbach 2024 The Dual Role of AI: Transforming Creative Processes in Moving Images., B3 Festival, Frankfurt am Main Im Gespräch : Die unbewussten Klimafolgen des Digitalen und die Strategien der Medienkunst , Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz Artist Talk: Data as Artistic Material , Bauhaus University, Weimar Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, Art University Linz, Linz The Map Becomes The Territory - Street 3.0, Art University, Linz The Map Becomes The Territory - Street 3.0, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Artist Talk , University of Michigan, Michigan 2023 Zapfenstreich - Über Algorithmen im Krieg, aber was hat die Kunst damit zutun?, 37C3 Unlocked, Hamburg Artitst Talk - Kunstpreis "Kunst & Technik", Kunstverein, Heidenheim Nichts geht mehr: der Stau, Matinee, SWR2 Digitalität in Kunst, Kirche und Gesellschaft, St.-Petri-Kirche, Melle Digitale Gatekeeper, Who Owns The Truth, Ö1 Artist Talk, Université de Genève, Genève Artits Talk, CCBT, Tokyo Simon Weckert - Hack Reality, Radiokolleg, Ö1 2022 Jury Member (Digital Communitys), Prix Ars Electronica, Linz AI BRINGS NEW LIFE TO TRADITIONAL ARTS, Art and Technology, Youtube Artist Talk, Université Lyon, Lyon Art, Algorithms and Politics , University of Helsinki, Tromsø Artist Talk, Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin Gefälschte Landkarten, Matrix, Ö1 2021 Arte TRACKS , Arte, TV AI Lab Journey 2021 Ubuntu – The Other Me!, Ars Electronica, Linz AI x Civil Society: How AI infrastructures can advance the public good, Ars Electronica, Linz Pochen Symposium 2021 ,Die (neue) Vermessung der Welt , Chemnitz Future Humanity Journey - 2041 – A Day on an Island , Ars Electronica, Linz Caosflux-Remote , Siegen 2020 Hacking Google Maps - RC3, chaos computer congress The map is not the territory, just another version of reality - Data Cities, Disruption Network Lab Creative Question Challenge Ecology - Technology The Power of digital maps - DEFCON Conference, Rogues VillageExhibitions, Commissions & Performances:
2025 Sonar+D, Barcelona Foto Colectania, THE ART OF NAVIGATION, Barcelona Panke Gallery, Bright Night, Berlin Jury Member: STEINEREI 2025,Metropol Kino, Chemnitz momentum, mom3ntvm25, Chemnitz TYPÖ, Wolfkino, Berlin SubSirup #6, Sirup, Linz (Un)Creative Machines,Design Film Kunst, Hochschule Luzern Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, Art University Linz, Linz in situ for Refik Anadol, Guggenheim, Bilbao Parallel Circuit, Chinretsukan Gallery 1F, Tokyo Error As Destination (Solo Show), Weltecho Gallerie, Chemnitz COLLOQUIUM FUTUR II, Grace Studiobar, Offenbach Eternal Dream, Dormitorium, Legden-Asbeck 2024 Illegal Instructions, 38c3, Hamburg Permission to Drive, Exhibition by truck, Tokyo Walk this way, Kunstmuseum, Ravensburg The Dual Role of AI: Transforming Creative Processes in Moving Images. , B3 Festival, Frankfurt am Main KomshiLOOK, Shutka, Skopje Earth Dreams for Refik Anadol, Museum of the Future, Dubai Im Gespräch : Die unbewussten Klimafolgen des Digitalen und die Strategien der Medienkunst , Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz Gegenwarten, Stadthalle, Chemnitz Artist Talk: Data as Artistic Material , Bauhaus University, Weimar Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, Art University Linz, Linz AUGMENTED SITUATION D, SusHi Tech Space, Tokyo Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World, V&A Dundee, Dundee The Republic of Null Island, Aksioma, Ljubljana (Un)real Data – Real Effects, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana Tactics&Practice #15, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana (UN)MONUMENTING, NDSM, Amsterdam Neuzugänge zeitgenössischer Kunst im Kunstfonds, Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen beim Bund, Berlin IA : Double Je, Quai des Savoirs, Toulouse Street 3.0, Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Vol.3, Osaka The Map Becomes The Territory - Street 3.0, Art University, Linz The Map Becomes The Territory - Street 3.0, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Dreams and Disruptions: Machine Unlearning for Artists, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Artist Talk , University of Michigan, Michigan 2023 Zapfenstreich, 37C3 Unlocked, Hamburg Nichts geht mehr: der Stau, Matinee, SWR2 INTERFACE CULTURES, Ars Electronica, Linz WIP Arts & Technology Festival, CYENS Center, Cyprus Code & algorithms. Wisdom in a Calculated World, iMAL, Brussels Ein Turm zum Träumen, St.-Petri-Kirche, Melle Kunst elektrisiert, Voith Trainings Center, Heidenheim 50. Jahre Kunstverein, Kunstverein, Heidenheim xMobil, Borov gozdiček, Nova Gorica WIN/WIN, HALLE 14 - Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig Digitale Gatekeeper, Who Owns The Truth, Ö1 Artist Talk, Université de Genève, Genève xMobil, Sajeta Art&Music Festival, Tolmin xMobil, MOD x MOB, Nova Gorica xMobil, Makers United, Chemnitz xMobil, InterUrban, Balatonalmádi 4x4 performance”, Panke Gallery, Berlin Unreal Data, DRUGO MORE, Rijeka Luna , Media Art Friesland , Leeuwarden Simon Weckert - Hack Reality, Radiokolleg, Ö1 Augmented Situation D, CCBT, Tokyo Hello, Robot !, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein Can You See Me Now?, WE ARE AIA | Löwenbräukunst, Zurich 2022 Gefälschte Landkarten, Matrix, Ö1 No Travel Agency, XCenter, Nova Gorica IN TRANSFER – A New Condition, Möllerei, Luxembourg Fake New Fake Court, EDF Foundation, Paris La face cachée des datas, IUT de Bobigny, Paris La face cachée des datas, Sorbonne universities, Paris Artist Talk, Université Lyon, Lyon Artist Talk, Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin Im-Un-Non for Jin Lee, ZER01NE, Seoul Eternal Dream, Sankt Antonius, Rheine Bauhaus Infinity Archive, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin Datafall for Refik Anadol, Orchard Center, Singapore Pochen Biennale, Wirkbau, Chemnitz Song of the ambassadors for Refik Anadol, Lincoln Center, New York howtodisappear:reset, Spedition, Bremen XBordering, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz LICHTKUNST-SPAZIERGANG 2022, Wasserschloss Reelkirchen, Reelkirchen AI BRINGS NEW LIFE TO TRADITIONAL ARTS, Art and Technology, Youtube Sgraffiti, Weberei, Gütersloh Westart, WDR, TV 2021 Solo Exhibtion: Ubuntu - The other me !, Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz Artour, MDR Kultur, TV Matsudo International Science Art Festival – Garden of Creativity, Ars Electronica, Japan Device Art Festival, Museum of Contemporary art, Zagreb Airmarket , 48h neukölln, Berlin Eternal Dream, Lichtsicht 7 - Restarted, Bad Rothenfelde DASA – Arbeitswelt Ausstellung, Künstliche Intelligenz, Dortmund Microwave New Media Art Festival, Yesterdays Fiction, Hong Kong Dialogfeld , Drag & Drop, Chemnitz LINZ FMR, Kunst in digitalen Kontexten, Linz 1msottolametro , L'arte interattiva sbarca in 5 fermate della metro C, Rome Social Impact Award , Japan Media Art Festival Chaordic , Bauhaus Museum, Weimar Fake News , EDF Foundation, Paris chi K11 artspace Shanghai 2020 Eternal Dream - Lichtsicht7, Bad Rothenfelde Eternal Dream - Criatech, Aveiro Zapfenstreich Digial Art Zurich - Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich CYBERARTS Prix ARS Electronica, OÖ Kulturquartier Linz CitizenLab Ars Electronica, Linz Award of Destinction (Interactive Art +) - Ars Electronica, Linz Knowledge Fever Geothe-Institut, Beijing German Design Award - Nominee 2021 Zapfenstreich - Kunst hält Wache, Landsberg am Lech Google Maps Hacks - AMRO radical openness, Linz Google Maps Hacks - screensaver watching you, London Google Maps Hacks - Kreuzberg, Berlin Zapfenstreich - Silent Green, Berlin 2019 Workshop: Next Stop_New Media Art - Walter-Gropius-Schule, Erfurt Latent Being for Refik Anadol - Kraftwerk, Berlin Eternal Dream - Lichtkunst-Nacht, Schöppingen Sense of Place for Refik Anadol - 601, Oakland Dataland for Refik Anadol - The Linq, Las Vegas Workshop: Next Stop_New Media Art - CSM, Chemnitz Zukunft - Kompott, Chemnitz 2018 Ira Gershwin Gallery for Refik Anadol - LA Phil, Los Angeles Dataknitting for Refik Anadol - Beverly Center, LosAngeles Interconnected for Refik Anadol - CLT, Charlotte Eternal Dream - Scopes, Berlin Eternal Dream - Lichtkunst-Nacht, Schöppingen Hope Machine - Cairotronica, Kairo In the shadow of darkness - Cairotronica, Kairo In the shadow of darkness - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück Maps from Space - Jury Selection Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo 2017 Maps from Space - UdK SS17, Berlin Grand Opening - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Dumbphne - Deptford X, London Archive Dreaming for Refik Anadol - SALT Gatala, Istanbul C- Recordings - Zukunft, Chemnitz Hope Machine - NODE Festival, Frankfurt a. M. Dumbphne - NODE Festival, Frankfurt a. M. The cat was quite until morning - Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin 2016 Rope Screen - Shining_Gap, Osnabrück Artist Exchange - Tadaex 2016, Tehran Kosmonaut - Kosmonaut Festival, Chemnitz Distance Clock - Cultural Commuters, Berlin MedienAtlas - Transmediale16, Berlin Distance Clock - UdK WS15/16, Berlin 138 Maueropfer - Designtransfer, Berlin 2015 Equiveillance - Tech Art Expo at Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin 138 Maueropfer - UdK SS15, Berlin Phase Repair - Thalia Theater, Hamburg Equiveillance - UdK WS14/15, Berlin 2014 SeequenceSea - 48H Neukölln, Berlin Du Musst dein Leben ändern - Schwuz, Berlin Titanomania - Fuchs und Elster, Berlin Mirror Move - InBewegung2, Berlin 2013 Short Shuffle - Space Shuffle, Berlin Nach & Nebel - Space Shuffle, Berlin Interactive Grid - Klunkerkranisch, Berlin Rope Screen - 48H Neukölln, Berlin 2012 Rope Screen - InBewegung, BerlinExhibition impressions:
Solo Exhibition, "Error As Destination" February 1, 2025 - Galerie Oscar e.V.
Solo Exhibtion, " Ubuntu - The other me !", October 09, 2021 - Museum Gunzenhauser