Artist Talk: Addie Wagenknecht Finissage

What can be, (un)burdened by what has been: Finissage Addie Wagenknecht 25 October 2024 6-8pm Artist Talk: Addie Wagenknecht in conversation with Michael Connor, Rhizome 504 East 12th Street New York As the upcoming U.S. election approaches, Addie Wagenknecht revisits her work Believe me originally commissioned for the Whitney Museum of American Art's Artport in 2017. In this site-specific installation part smart contract work, Addie Wagenknecht transforms the gallery with campaign posters. Updated throughout the exhibition, the performative durational work reflects the current social and political climate, becoming a living commentary that evolves with the work. In addition to the site specific installation, Wagenknecht links the work to a time-locked system tied to the November 5th election results, employing smart-contract as a medium. It uses [aside], a protocol that temporarily freezes tokenized assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Wagenknecht uses [aside] to comment on how politics are lobbied by and funded for, and by whom. Addie Wagenknecht is an American artist and researcher living in New York City and Liechtenstein. Her work deals primarily with pop culture, feminist theory, new media and open source software and hardware. Michael Connor is Co-Executive Director of Rhizome, where he oversaw the Net Art Anthology initiative, an effort to retell the history of net art through 100 works, presented as an online exhibition, gallery exhibition, and book.