The pandemic has left us isolated and atomised, yet also more virtually connected than ever. Relationships, money, art and governance are contained inside our laptops and on digital tokens. Social bubbles spawn speculative ones, and vice versa. As parts of the world begin to transition into a new phase, in which many are vaccinated, our year-plus-long immersion in virtual living is raising new questions. The theme of Unsound 2021, which takes place between October 13th and 17th, is dəəp authentic—our response to a hyperreal situation.
dəəp authentic also refers to the gradual shift back from online to IRL events, a phrase that involves a questionable binary—for the online world is also ‘real’, and the IRL has long been digitised, distributed and mediated.
SHAPE ARTISTS PRESENTED:
𝗣𝗮𝗸 𝗬𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘂 (BE/HK)
𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 (IT)
𝗔𝘃𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁 (PL)
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗸 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗶 (PL)
𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮 (IT)
𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵 (DK)
