Ministry of Hacking
Hacking the Present

What experiences in recent decades have proved to be a basis of knowledge for an open society of the future? How can these insights be applied in artistic practice and what is the contribution of hacking, a factor which rechannels information flows with the aim of sharing?

A team of feminist hackers looks into this question, inviting visitors to join them in transforming esc medien kunst labor into a server with a new operating system. Artists, programmers and theorists lay the foundations for the exhibition with their experiments. But space remains open, with actions and activities constantly changing the exhibition set-up.

If hacking serves to understand the way in which technology works, then feminist hacking means examining criteria of inclusion and exclusion in our society even more closely so as to infiltrate them – with the aim of evading manipulation and heteronomy. Feminist hacking is thus equally an act of refusal.

Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: bolwerK
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Tatiana de la O/acracia
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Christine Bader
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Anne Goldenberg
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Seda Gürses
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Simona Levi
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Nancy Mauro-Flude
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Nick Smithies
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Femke Snelting
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: spideralex
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Rena Tangens
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Sophie Toupin
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Valentina Vuksic
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Peter Westenberg
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Faith Wilding
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Hyla Willis
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Stefanie Wuschitz
Kuratorin / Kurator: Reni Hofmüller