Writer and editor Adina Glickstein was commissioned to write a critical exhibition text in response to Dotcom Séance.
DJ, sound artist and composer Excelsior Ruth was commissioned to respond to Dotcom Séance with a new mix entitled 2001 Trance Mix.
A panel discussion about Dotcom Séance takes place on October 13th, 2022, between Simon Denny, Guile Twardowski, María Paula Fernández, Shumon Basar, Daniel Birnbaum and Marco Brambilla, as part of a newly-formed partnership between Frieze London and Outernet Arts. The event will be held in the exhibition space of the Now Building.
Simon Denny (*1982, New Zealand; lives and works in Berlin) makes visual art and exhibitions that unpack the social and political implications of the technology industry and the rise of social media, startup culture, blockchains and cryptocurrencies, using a variety of media including installation, sculpture, print and video. Denny has staged significant exhibitions about blockchain and art such as Proof of Stake at Kunstverein in Hamburg (2021) and Proof of Work at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2018). Recent solo exhibitions include K21– Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2020); the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), Tasmania (2019); OCAT, Shenzhen (2017); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2017); Serpentine Galleries, London (2015); MoMA PS1, New York (2015); Kunstverein Munich (2013). He represented New Zealand at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.