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Names

  • Kai Altmann
  • Kari Altmann
  • Hitashya


Mediums

  • Installation, Performance, Video, Film, Music, 3D, 4D, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Digital Media, Objects, Sculpture, Text, Websites, Social Media

Genres and Movements

  • Conceptual Art
  • Ceremonial Art
  • Abstract Art
  • Performance Art
  • Installation Art
  • Health & Healing Arts
  • Post-Production Art
  • New Materialism
  • Ambiguationism
  • Meta Abstraction
  • Algorithms and AI
  • Post-Institution
  • Post-Digital
  • Post-Conceptual Art
  • Pan-Optic
  • Pop Culture
  • Pop Music
  • Social Media
  • Memetics and Memes
  • Digital Art and New Media
  • Digital Nomad
  • Music Videos
  • Ecofeminism
  • Intersectional Feminism
  • Queer Studies
  • DIY Culture
  • Sci-Fi
  • Post-Western Art, Music and Film
  • Post-Internet Art and Music
  • New World Art, Music, Film and Culture
  • Indofuturism and Desifuturism
  • MENASA Futurism
  • Global Futurism
  • Spirituality and Consciousness
  • Worlding

Selected Projects

Biography

Geography

  • Baltimore, USA, 2004-2012.
  • New York, USA, 2009-2017.
  • London, UK, 2014
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015
  • Mumbai (Bombay), India, 2017-.
  • Goa, India, 2017-.
  • Other places mentioned: Berlin, Milan, Geneva, Prague, Bangkok, Delhi, Dubai, Seoul, Kathmandu, Koh Samui

Solo Exhibitions, Performances, Projects, Releases and Screenings

Curated and Organized Projects

  • Hitashya, New World Music, Various Platforms, Spotify, XLE.LIFE, etc. 2020-.
  • XLE.LIFE, Editorial and Curatorial Platform, Experiences and Spaces, Global and Online with major activity in Mumbai, Goa, Bangkok, Dubai, 2018-.
  • Hitashya, "Flourish & Thrive", Playlists and Mixes, Various Platforms, 2017-.
  • Troping, Curatorial Projects, Online and In Spaces with major activity in New York, London, 2013-.
  • Garden Club, Editorial and Curatorial Platform, Experiences and Spaces, Global and Online, 2011-.
  • SW, Feminist, Queer and Identity-Focused Chat and Meetup Group for Creatives. Community Moderator, Facilitator and Curator, US, UK and Europe with major activity in New York, London, Berlin, 2010-2015.
  • R-U-In?S, Editorial and Curatorial Platform, Experiences and Spaces, Global and Online with major activity in New York, 2008-.

Group Exhibitions, Performances, Projects, Releases and Screenings

2019

  • Get Well Soon, Kunsthaus Nürnberg, 7 Dec 2019-1 March 2020. Works by AIDS-3D (Keller & Kosmas), Kai (Kari) Altmann, Llyn Folkes and Stanya Kahn, Daniel Kiss, Linda Weiß, Benjamin Zuber. Curated by Ellen Wagner. "Works are collected together that deal with the recuperation of the human body as well as others forming a bridge to the healing of the ecosystem or society as a whole."

2017

  • Why Exhibit Works of Art?, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai, 2017. Curated by Clark House.
  • Hybrid Layers, ZKM, Karlsruhe, June 2017-Jan 2018. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Iain Ball, Enrico Boccioletti, Holly Childs, Claire L. Evans, Stefanie Hessler, Joey Holder, Yuri Pattison, Nadim Samman, Manuel Scheiwiller, Viktor Timofeev, Elvia Wilk, Sophia Al Maria, Auto Italia South East, Glass Bead, Ricardo Benassi, Blunt x Skensved, Aleksandra Domanovic, Ed Fornieles, Guan Xiao, Yngve Holen & Aedrhlsomrs Othryutupt Lauecehrofn, Rachel de Joode, Delia Jürgens, Daniel Keller, La Plage, Lawrence Lek, Metaphysics (Beteiligte KünstlerInnen: Eddie Peake, Florian Meisenberg, Anne de Vries, Rubén Grilo, Jack Strange und Anna K.E.; produziert von: Philip Hausmeier), Katja Novitsokva, Tabita Rezaire, Unknown Fields, Anne de Vries, Yu Honglei. Curated by Giulia Bini, Sabiha Keyif, Daria Mille, and Philipp Ziegler.
  • Held Together With Water, Le Commun and Other Venues, Geneva, 2017. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Art & Language, Mathieu Arbez-Hermoso, Sacha Béraud, Erik Boulatov, Roxane Bovet, Nicolas Brulhart, Dayna Casey, Mathieu Copeland, Cuss Group, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gilles Furtwängler, Charlotte Laubard, Anders Karlsson, Elise Lammer, Jonas Lund, Sébastien Mennet, Nastasia Meyrat, Yoan Mudry, NONu, Camilla Paolino, Civic Paths, Steve Roggenbuck, Tiziana Terranova, Lawrence Weiner, Arnaud Wohlhauser, Emilia Yang. Curated by Roxane Bovet. "By associating the tools, experiments, and ethics of early conceptual artists, with those of the participative web’s new knowledge communities, Held Together With Water attempts to link together similar developments from different times in history. This exhibition tries to stand aside from the generational acceptation of a new aesthetic; from the hashtag “post-Internet” and from its global interpretation."

2016

  • Geologos Space, Komplot, Brussels and Online, 8 Sept-8 Oct 2016. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Iain Ball, Enrico Boccioletti, Holly Childs, Claire L. Evans, Stefanie Hessler, Joey Holder, Yuri Pattison, Nadim Samman, Manuel Scheiwiller, Viktor Timofeev, Elvia Wilk. Curated by Blunt x Skensved. Installation Shots. Also included as hanging lightbox installation in Hybrid Layers.
  • Natura.exe, Plla Plla, Milan 2017. Curated by Pascual Sisto.
  • Clean Music, Kunstbunker Nurnburg, Nurnburg, 27 Jun-31 Jul 2016. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Hermann Gabler, Aaron Graham, Gizela Mickiewicz, Oa4s, Vincent Vulsma, Robin Waart, Jana Winderen. Curated by Mitchell Thar.
  • Notes on Gesture, Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, London, Aug-Nov 2016. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Darcy Lange, Bruno Munari, Paul Elliman, Heather Phillipson, Rebecca Warren, William Anastasi and more. Also includes archival materials from collections such as the V&A and the Warburg Institute. Curated by Jeremy Millar. "Artist Jeremy Millar considers the impact and status of a gesture and constellation of gestures, as a performance or as 'moments', and curates a poetic exhibition..."

2015

  • Biennial of the Americas, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, 14 Jul-30 Aug 2015. Works by Kim Allen, Diego Berruecos, Zach Blas, Mariana Castillo Deball, Marcelo Cidade, Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker, Sterling Crispin, Debora Delmar Corp., Radamés “Juni” Figueroa, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Coco Fusco, Marcius Galan, Anna Bella Geiger, David Hartt, Karl Haendel, Kai (Kari) Altmann as Hitashya, Sarah Anne Johnson, André Komatsu, Robert Longo, Jorge Macchi, Laleh Mehran and Chris Coleman, Adam Milner, Aliza Nisenbaum, Fernando Ortega, Bernardo Ortiz, Adam Pendleton, Tania Pérez Córdova, Joaquín Segura, Skawennati, Eduardo Terrazas, and Ryan Trecartin. Curated by Lauren Wright.
  • Cookie Gate, Ellis King Gallery, Dublin, 10 Jul-15 Aug 2015. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Gretchen Bender, boychild, Lizzi Bougatsos, Mathis Collins, Kate Cooper, Natalie Dray, Jack Early, Elif Erkan, Awol Erizku, Ryan Estep, Gina Folly, Timothy Furey, Louisa Gagliardi, Thea Govorchin, Daiga Grantina, May Hands, Fiona Hallinan, Bernhard Hegglin, Zak Kitnick, Melanie Matranga, Flavio Merlo, Adriana Minoliti, Ebecho Muslimova, Oisin O’Brien, Grear Patterson, Billy Rennekamp, Emanuel Rossetti, Eoghan Ryan, Yves Scherer, Stefan Tcherepnin, Amalia Ulman. Curated by Ellis King.
  • Uncurated, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City. Organized by Gibrann Morgado.

2014

  • Material Images, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, 6 Mar-4 April, 2014. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Trudy Benson, Petra Cortright, Franklin Evans, Lauren Luloff, Michael Manning, Jessica Sanders, Kate Steciw, Rebecca Ward, Jeff Zilm. Curated by Nate Hitchcock. "The show aims to investigate how the fact that images are no longer what they seem is expressed in current art-making."
  • Art Post-Internet, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 1 Mar-11 May 2014. Works by Aids-3D, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Cory Arcangel, Alisa Baremboym, Bernadette Corporation, Dara Birnbaum, Juliette Bonneviot, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Tyler Coburn, Petra Cortright, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanović, Harm van den Dorpel, Ed Fornieles, Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff, Joel Holmberg, GCC, Josh Kline, Oliver Laric, LuckyPDF, Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti, Marlie Mul, Katja Novitskova, Marisa Olson, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Aude Pariset, Seth Price, Jon Rafman, Jon Rafman and Rosa Aiello, Rachel Reupke, Bunny Rogers, Hannah Sawtell, Ben Schumacher, Timur Si-Qin, Hito Steyerl, Artie Vierkant, Lance Wakeling, Andrew Norman Wilson, Jordan Wolfson. Curated by Karen Archey and Robin Peckham. Catalogue. Booklet. Video presentation. Reviews: Folks (AQNB), Nastasijevic (Widewalls).
  • Brands--Concept/Affect/Modularity, Salts Center, Basel, 6 Apr-21 May 2014. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Florian Auer, David Jablonowski, Pierre Lumineau, Metahaven, Pamela Rosenkranz, Anne de Vries. Curated by Melanie Bühler.
  • Extinction Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, 18-19 Oct 2014. Extinct.ly portion featuring works and new commissions by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Ed Atkins, Kev Bewersdorf, David Blandy, Benjamin Bratton, Keller Easterling, Femke Herregraven, Folder (Marco Ferrari, Elisa Pasqual, Pietro Leoni, Delfino Sisto Legnani, Alessandro Mason), Emily Jones, Maurizio Lazzarato, Lisa Ma, Alex Mackin Dolan, Timothy Morton, Julian Olivier, Tobias Revell, Ubermorgen, Michael Wang, Liam Young, Anna Zett. Curated by Ben Vickers, Curator of Digital. Extinction Marathon curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
  • Troping: Realflow I, The White Building, London, 2014. Performances by Emily Jones, Nkisi, Hitashya (Kai Altmann). Curated by Kai (Kari) Altmann. "Realflow invites artists to work in a live one-night event context, to perform their work in an in-person way, be it through readings, presentations, dj sets, music, or other actions."
  • Megarave, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, 2014. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Alan Bogana, Adam Cruces, Aleksandra Domanović, Constant Dullaart, etoy.CORPORATION, Nicolas Fernandez, Daniel Keller, Olia Lialina / Dragan Espenschied, Vince Mckelvie, Lorna Mills, MSHR, Lauris Paulus, Nicolas Sassoon, Station Rose, Rudolf Steiner, Jan Vorisek, Hannah Weinberger, Giselle Zatonyl& X‑Mix, Rave Flyers, THEswissTHING / Barbara Strebel. Curated by Raffael Dörig. Featuring a local (and glocal) physical translation of Kai's work, Resting Point, an installation which only existed as a proposal image circulating online.

2013

  • Open Shape 1, 2 and 3, 2013. Works by Juliette Bonneviot, Filip Olszewski + Dylan Abel, Yngve Holen, Ilya Smirnov, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Timur Si-Qin, Iain Ball, Alex Dolan, Bunny Rogers, Lenox Twins, Bea Fremderman, Kareem Lotfy, Katja Novitskova, Matthew Johnston & Max Werner, Jasper Spicero. Curated by Jasper Spicero.
  • #FutureMyth, 319 Scholes, New York 18 Apr-5 May 2013. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Matthew Arkell, Iain Ball, Enrico Boccioletti, Manuel Bürger, Sterling Crispin, Claire L. Evans, Ryan Whittier Hale, Erin Henry, Emily Jones, Taylor Kuffner, Paul Laffoley, Kareem Lotfy, Jonas Lund + Sebastian Schmieg, Einar Öberg, Rafaël Rozendaal, Jasper Spicero, Tanner Family, and Clement Valla + Erik Berglin. Curated by Daniel Leyva and Christina Latina.
  • Troping: The Jailbreak Gesture I, Online 2013. Works by: Samin Son, Jasper Spicero, Aude Pariset, Kai (Kari) Altmann. Curated by Kai (Kari) Altmann. "The Jailbreak Gesture explores the vital nature of language inside extreme systemic limitations."
  • Yoga Center, Titanik Gallery, Turku, 22-25 Aug 2013. Part of Antagon. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann + Garden Club, Maja Cule, Essi Kausalainen, Brenna Murphy, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Renaissance Man. Curated by Daniel Iinatti, Ida Lehtonen & Pontus Westerberg.
  • Neuromast: Certainty, Uncertainty and Contemporary Art, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, 12 Dec 2013-23 Feb 2014. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Christian Bök and Micah Lexier, Ingrid Burrington, Kaye Cain-Nielsen, Mircea Cantor, hint.fm, David Horvitz, Brian House and Jason Rabie, Juliana Huxtable, Thilde Jensen, Carolyn Lazard, M. M. Mantua, Preemptive Media, Robert Spahr, Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle’s Sexecology collaboration, and The Waterwhispers Ilse. Curated by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower and Terri C Smith. "several shared themes arose among the thirty-one works, including: how culture and gender contribute to constructing identity; the dynamic between an individual’s health and the medical industry, commerce, or the natural environment; and the collection and distribution of digital information as it relates to business, personal security, and persona."

2012

  • Motion, Seventeen Gallery, London, 17 May-23 June, 2012. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Merce Cunningham, Harm van den Dorpel, Michael Guidetti, Oliver Laric, Mark Leckey, Sean Raspet, Emanuel Rossetti, Hito Steyerl, Artie Vierkant. Curated by Ceci Moss and Tim Steer. "The object that exists in motion spans different points, relations and existences but always remains the same thing. Like the digital file, the bootlegged copy, the icon, or Capital it reproduces, travels and accelerates, constantly negotiating the different supports that enable its movement."
  • Global Art Forum Six, Art Dubai 2012, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha and Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, March 2012. Commissioned Video by Kai (Kari) Altmann + Ayshay (Fatima Al Qadiri) Presented by Victoria Camblin. GAF6 Curated by Shumon Basar. GAF6 Also Included Over 50 Contributers: Goldin + Senneby, Douglas Coupland, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael Rakowitz, Sophia Al Maria, Michael Govan, Sultan Suood Al Qasemmi, Yasmine El Rashidi, Sophie Fiennes, etc.
  • Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, 2012. Program Curated by Lea Rasovksy, Matei Samihaian and Silvia Saitoc. Works by: Kai (Kari) Altmann & Fatima Al Qadiri, Damon Zucconi, Aleksandra Domanovic and others. "In trying to make sense of the current conditions of art production and of the formal aspects embedded in the different mediums that aid this production, we've devised the concept of OddPoetics as a way to engulf the separate practices that deal with the preconditions or the source code of cultural artifacts."
  • Health, Twelve Around One, London, 2012. Curated by Majed Aslam.

2011

  • R-U-In?S Underground Economies, Atelier 35, Bucharest, 10 Jun 2011. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Iain Ball, Matteo Giordano, Sam Hancocks and Sebastian Moyano. Curated by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Matei Samihaian and Silvia Saitoc. "Images and objects pulled into a communal blackmarket of critical attitudes."
  • Land Art For A New Generation, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, 18 Jun-7 Aug 2011. Works by Aram Bartholl, Artie Vierkant, Coralie Vogelaar & Teun Castelein, Dennis de Bel, Jeremy Wood, JODI, Juliette Bonneviot, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Constant Dullaart. "The starting point for the project is the fact that the analog and digital are now so closely interwoven. ... The exhibition centers on a generation of artists dealing with themes such as (digital) decay and the continuous processing of vast amounts of information. They all share an interest in the creation of new databases at the interface of the physical object and immaterial digital culture."
  • R-U-In?S for K48, PPOW Gallery, New York, 2011. Videos from Iain Ball, Sam Hancocks, Emily Jones, Matteo Giordano and Kai (Kari) Altmann. Compiled and Curated by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Invited by Scott Hug and K48.

2010

  • Multiplex by VVORK, Peer to Space, Munich, 22 Apr 2010. Works by Paul Chan, Michael Bell-Smith, Timur Si-Qin, Agnieszka Polska, Guthrie Lonergan, Rafael Rozendaal, Constant Dullaart, Charles Broskoski, Joel Holmberg, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Hayley Silverman, Petra Cortright, Anouk Kruithof, Harm van den Dorpel, Michael Aschauer, Carla Edwards, Damon Zucconi, Laura Brothers, Ken Seeno, Eve Essex, Chris Collins, Matthieu Clainchard, Alex Delany, Brock Davis, Billy Rennekamp, Dena Yago, Jason Lee, Annika Larsson, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Will Rockel. Curated by VVORK.COM.
  • Full Operational Toolbox & Index of Potential, M21, Athens, 14-30 May 2010. Works by: Otto von Busch, Forms of Melancholy curated by Chris Coy, Aleksandra Domanovic, Seth Price, Let’s Remake, Dexter Sinister, Damon Zucconi. Index of Potential (printed matter) works by: R-U-In?S and many more. Curated by Kernel, Petros Moris, Pegy Zali and Theodoros Giannakis. "Full/Operational/Toolbox looked at a set of contemporary art practices that negotiate the artwork as a hybrid object, as a flow of multiple manifestations and possibilities, involving processes of (re)production that point towards an alternative economy of creativity." [1]
  • Catch & Release, Darsa Comfort, Zurich, 9-26 Jun 2010. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Iain Ball, Till Forrer, Yannic Joray. Curated by Darsa Comfort, Lorenzo Bernet, Fredi Fischli and Carmen Tobler. Objects in the show were shipped, displayed on screens, or obtained as readymades by the curators, examining supply chains and the art of critical staging and context (including online context) as production. The readymade objects were "released" back into the world as normal consumer goods when the show was complete.
  • Troll, 131 Chrystie, New York, 1-15 Jul 2010. Works by Jacob Meehan, Brad Troemel, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Andrew Laumann, Michael Magnan, Patrick Dyer, Dylan Reece, Chris Udemezue, Scott Hug, Ben Schumacher, Cody Critcheloe, Chris Bogia, Matt Lifson, Jarrod Beck, Elijah Burgher, Daniel Leyva, Lazaro Rodriguez, Ben Aqua, Da Sul Kim, Travess Smalley, Mark Spalding, Kristin Smallwood, Ivan Lozano, Khalid Al Gharaballi, Shawn Maximo, Borna Sammak, Fatima Al Qadiri, Jason Villegas, Paul Cupo, Venus Jazmin Soto, Adam Radokovich and Anthony Thornton. Curated by Keehnan Konyha and Jacob Gaboury. "TROLL is a group exhibition to examine the act of trolling as a sexual, cultural, and ethical practice. To troll is to sift through image and text, filtering and re-contextualizing subject-significant objects; it is a baiting and malicious comment made behind the anonymity of the Web, soliciting argument for the purpose of producing breakdown and chaos; it is a sexual practice, to cruise for sex, to seek partners anonymous or otherwise." Featured Kai (Kari) Altmann's "Hhellblauu", a performative printout of an online project made on request for the show, which included no projectors or screens, no production or shipping budget and almost no lead time. A "come and hang what you have, and then hangout for the night" performative group show.
  • Exhibition One, Chrystal Gallery & Gentili Apri, Berlin, 6-7 Oct 2010. Works by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Charles Broskoski, Lindsay Lawson, Billy Rennekamp, Maxwell Simmer, Harm Van Den Dorpel. Curated by Timur Si-Qin. "Extracting a parallel instance of the work as a three-dimensional representation of geometric data, Exhibition One offers an opportunity to present an alternate framework that posits the questions: Where does an artwork stop and its documentation begin? What is the function of a prospective image that is decisively not-a-model?" [2]

2009

  • In Real Life, Capricious Space, New York, 7-28 Mar 2009. Works by: Art Fag City, ASDF, Club Internet, Ffffound, The Highlights, Humble Arts Foundation, I Heart Photograph, Loshadka, Netmares/Netdreams, Platform For Pedagogy, Private Circulation, UbuWeb, VVORK, Why + Wherefore. Curated by Laurel Ptak. "An exhibition that invites innovative and independent online art initiatives to each come do a 4-hour residency inside the space of a gallery—attempting to explore how the distribution, production, analysis, and consumption of culture are rapidly evolving in an online context. In particular the exhibition aims to render the labor of these online practices transparent, providing 'real life' access to these cultural producers, and overall inspiring public dialogue around their practices."

Events

  • Fighting Solves Everything, Church Street Boxing Gym, New York, 2022. Curated by Natálie Kubíková and Andrea Marcellier.
  • Topical Cream Le Corbusier AfterParty, Wyndham Green, New York, 2015. DJ Sets by Lafawndah, Juliana Huxtable, Hitashya (Kai Altmann). Curated by Lyndsy Welgos and Topical Cream Magazine.
  • Flexia XLE (Xoming) performed at Xomia opening night, Ellis King Gallery, Dublin, 2015. Performers: Molly McCommons and Colin Self. Curated by Ellis King.
  • Real Flow, The White Building, London, 2014. Performances by Emily Jones, Nkisi, Hitashya (Kai Altmann). Curated by Kai Altmann.
  • Hitachia Venom ID Kiosk performed at Collect the WWWorld III opening night, 319 Scholes, New York, 2014. Performers: Genevieve Belleveau and Ruth Gruca.
  • Chelsea Sound Festival, Eyebeam, New York 2014. Curated by Matthew Arkell.
  • Vital Content: Biowar, Hitashya DJ Set, Skogen, Gothenburg, 2013. Curated by Karl Magnuss Johansson and Gluey-C.
  • Hitashya DJ Set, Bossa Nova Civic Club, New York, 2013.

Residencies and Fellowships

  • Jaipur and Udaipur, India, 2023. Solo Artist and Musician Residency, shoots for "Time to Get Real" by Hitashya and others.
  • Space A, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2022. Solo Artist and Musician Residency with additional support from Space A and Digital Kathmandu Recording Studios.
  • Goa, India, 2020-2022. Co-Vid Solo Artist and Musician Retreat, Residency. Including installation of Flexia XLE: Oasis III, shoots for "Jua Kali", "Tear Up La Tierra" by Hitashya, etc.
  • Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, New York and Hong Kong, 2019. For self-designed travel and exhibition in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam with additional support from ACC. Included Residency and Performance at N22, Bangkok, Site Visits and Meetups in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Angkor, Phnomh Penh and Ho Chi Minh City. Followed by relocation to Mumbai.
  • Garage Gallery, Prague, Czechia, Jul 2019. Residency and Commissioned Installation of Flexia XLE: Oasis I.
  • Forde, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018. Invited Artist Residency, Commissioned Performance and Installation of TTOA & Soft Mobility.
  • Clark House, Mumbai, India, 2017. Visiting Artist Residency. Included Site Visits to Goa, Delhi, Aurangabad.
  • Le Commun, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Visiting Artist and Lecturer Residency by Invitation.
  • Rijksakademie Guest Resident and Lecturer, Art & Science Fellowship, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015. Studio visits, site visits, final lecture. Additional lecture at Gerrit Rietveld. Production for XOMIA.
  • The White Building and Space Studios, London, UK, 2014. Visiting Artist Residency with additional support from The Goethe Institute London, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Rhizome and Frieze.
  • Atelier 35, Bucharest, Romania, 2011. Invited Artist Residency and Commissioned Installation of R-U-In?S: Underground Economies.

Awards

Selected Commissions

Talks

  • A New Aesthetic?, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, 12 Oct 2012. Curated and moderated by Melanie Bühler, speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, David M. Berry, Adam Cruces, James Ferraro, Bea Fremderman, Katja Kwastek, Pierre Lumineau, Daniel Pinkas. Supported by The Goethe Institute.
  • Vital Content, Union Docs, New York, 21 Oct 2012. Screening and discussion. Speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Nick Lalla, Jacob Gaboury. Moderated by Jacob Gaboury.
  • Vital Content: Biowar, Skogen, Gothenburg, 2013. Followed by Hitashya DJ set.
  • Seven on Seven 2014, New Museum, New York, May 2014. Speakers: Kate Crawford, Holly Herndon, Kate Ray, Aza Raskin, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Hannah Sawtell, Avi Flombaum, Simon Denny, Nick Bilton, Jen Fong-Adwent, Ian Cheng, Frances Stark, David Kravitz, Anil Dash, Kevin McCoy. Curated and Moderated by Michael Connor.
  • Disassembling Stacktivism, Goethe Institute, London, 15 Oct 2014. Speakers: Jay Springett, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Paul Raven, Julieta Aranda. Moderated by Jay Springett.
  • Do You Follow? Art In Circulation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Selfridges Hotel, London, 15-17 Oct 2014. Speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Alex Bacon, Hannah Black, Michael Connor, Constant Dullaart, Renzo Martens, Monira Al Qadiri (GCC), Derica Shields, Takeshi Shiomitsu, Martine Syms, Christopher Kulendran Thomas and Amalia Ulman. Moderated and Curated by Michael Connor. Part of Frieze London ICA Offsite 2014.
  • Blame it on the Algorithm, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, 4 April 2015. Speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, David Wightman, Dr. Bettina Speckman. Curated by Kai (Kari) Altmann, Rijksakademie and Melanie Bühler. Moderated by Melanie Bühler.
  • Lacuna Sovereignity, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, 10 April 2015. Speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Anne de Boer, Cory Scozarri. Moderated by Cory Scozarri.
  • No Internet, No Art, Book launch and presentation of "Soft Brand Abstracts: Closer Than Ever Before", Swiss Institute, New York, 14 Jul 2015. Speakers: Kai (Kari) Altmann, Melanie Bühler.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann Visiting Artist Talks, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2016. Invited by Eva and Franco Mattes.
  • Meta Images XLE, Tentacles Gallery, N22, Bangkok, 2017. Speaker: Kai (Kari) Altmann. Invited by Henry Tan.
  • Meta Images XLE, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 2017. Speaker: Kai (Kari) Altmann.
  • Meta Images XLE, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, 2017. Speaker: Kai (Kari) Altmann.

Interviews

Artist Essays and Editorials

  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "Soft Brand Abstracts: Closer Than Ever Before", Platform by Melanie Bühler, Hirshhorn Museum and the Goethe Institute, 2012. Link.
    • Re-Published in NERO Magazine Issue 31 (Printed), Milan, 2013.
    • Re-Published in IDPure Magazine (Printed), Zurich, 2013.
    • Re-Published in Platform (Printed), 2014.
    • Re-Published in No Internet, No Art (Printed), 2015.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, “Vital Signs”, Pig Quarterly Issue 3: Shock, Milan, 2013.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "Garden Club", Communicating the Archive: Physical Migration, The Regional State Archives in Gothenburg, 2013.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "Hitachia, Hitashya, Sonia, TToshibaa",BFFA3AE'S Ad Book, Badlands Unlimited and Gloria Maria Gallery, New York, 2013. Curated by Daniel Chew, Micaela Durand, Matt Gaffney (eds.).
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, Jasmine Lee, Rob Mintz, Katja Novitskova, "Soft Brand Abstracts: World Exposé", S.A.L.T.S. Center as part of Brands--Concept/Affect/Modularity, Curated by Melanie Bühler, 2014.
    • Re-Published by UniPress by Jasmine Lee (ed.), 2014.
  • “Kari Altmann Top Ten Links of 2014”, Rhizome at the New Museum, New York and Online, 2014. Featuring Maluca Mala, Ayesha Siddiqi, Bangs, Forever Traxx, Cargo Club, Norman Orro for Panther Modern, Etc.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "Xomia" Six-Page Spread, XOM Magazine, USA, 2015.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "Soft Mobility: Character Development (Handheld)", Six-Page Spread, Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, Curated by Victoria Camblin. 2016.
  • Kai (Kari) Altmann, "First Five With Kari Altmann", New Criticals, The New School for Social Research, New York, 30 June 2016. Edited by Tamsyn Gilbert.
  • Hitashya aka Kai (Kari) Altmann, “Topical Cream Summer 2018 Mix”, Hitashya Flourish & Thrive Audio Mix, Topical Cream Magazine, New York and Online, 2018.

Artist Books and Publications

  • Kai (Kari) Altmann (ed.), R-U-In?S Catalogue #001, 2010. Visual content, art and new editorial spreads culled from the R-U-In?S project in 2009-2010. Includes an essay. Additional contributions from Iain Ball, Matteo Giordano, Sam Hancocks and Sebastian Moyano.

Other Artist Releases

  • Kai (Kari) Altmann (ed.), R-U-In?S Catalogue #002: Unboxing, Online, 2010. The website aimed to catalogue and represent the identities, tropes, and memes from the current phase of R-U-In?S with a bit more organization and online flexibility. It also catalogued the shows and editorial activities of the project. Participants in Catalogue #002 include Hydrothermal Emerald (Emily Jones), TRAWLR (Lorenzo Bernet & Yannic Joray), X2MX and Sony HD (Matteo Giordano), Visual Aids (Sam Morgan), ProductLaneEvol (Iain Ball), Central Unit, Econimish (Nick Lalla), Survival Tips and Expo 2020 (Katja Novitskova), Dis Magazine, KERNEL, Darsa Comfort, Kai (Kari) Altmann and many more.

Press and Exposure

Video, Podcasts, Radio, Playlists

Magazines, Blogs, Journals, Newspapers

  • Alex Gartenfeld, "At Home Online", Fantom Magazine Issue 00, Milan and New York, 2009.
  • Robin Newman (ed.), Mystic Mayhem (Printed), US, 2009.
  • Alex Ebstein, "Elusive Matter", Culturehall, New York and Online, 2011.
  • "Core Samples", Pipeline Magazine, Hong Kong, 2013.
  • "What Is Post Internet Art?", Elephant Magazine, Issue 23, 2015.
  • Samantha Culp, "Liquidity", Leap Magazine, Beijing and Online, 2015.
  • Ellen Wagner, "Sadness and Survival: An Attempt via Post-Truth and Post-Internet Art", Dafkinist, 2017.
  • Sofia Kiseleva, “самоорганизации в современном искусстве (Self-Organization in Contemporary Art)”, HSE Art & Design School, Moscow, 2020. (Russian)

Essays and Book Chapters

Books

  • Keehnan Konyha (ed.), Domain, 2010. Curated and Printed for the NY Art Book Fair at MOMA PS1, New York, Hosted by Printed Matter, 2010.
  • Katja Novitskova (ed.), Post Internet Survival Guide 2010, Berlin: Revolver, 2011, 272 pp. Editor, Worldcat.
  • Karl-Magnus Johannson, Gluey-C (eds.), Communicating the Archive: Physical Migration, Gothenburg: The Regional State Archives in Gothenburg, 2013, 112 pp. [3]
  • Melanie Bühler (ed.), No Internet, No Art: A Lunch Bytes Anthology, Eindhoven: Onomatopee, Sep 2015, 351+[63] pp; 2nd ed., 2018. Publisher, Editor. [4]. Reviews: Kay (AQNB), Roestenburg (INC).
  • Ellen Wagner, Falsche Signale. Strategien der Mimikry in der Post-Internet Art, Zürich: diaphanes, 2021, 328 pp. Publisher. (German)

Exhibition Catalogues

Theses

  • Ceci Moss, Expanded Internet Art and the Informational Milieu, New York: University of New York, 2015. PhD dissertation.

Conferences & Presentations

Primary References

See Also