<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">SAVE THE DATE</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"> </span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">The Alt-Right Complex – On Right-Wing Populism Online</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">HMKV (Hartware MedienKunstVerein) at the Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"> </span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">Opening: </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">Friday, 29 March 2019, 7:00 p.m.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;" /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">Duration: </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">30 March – 22 September 2019</span><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">The international group exhibition deals with forms of right-wing populism, which, especially today, use the Internet and „social media“ to disseminate ideas. "The Alt-Right Complex" traces the development from a (sub)culture of transgression in online forums such as 4chan to platforms such as Breitbart News. The artists deal with memes (e.g. Pepe the Frog, probably the most famous symbol of the Trump followers), with figures such as Steve Bannon, flag worship, the prepper scene, White Supremacists and Dark Enlightenment. The exhibition is accompanied by a critical glossary that briefly explains the most important terms.<br /><br />"The Alt-Right Complex" presents twelve projects by 16 artists from twelve countries: Germany, France, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia and Slovakia.<br /><br />Participating artists: Paula Bulling / Anne König (DE), Simon Denny (NZ), DISNOVATION.ORG (FR/PL), Vera Drebusch & Florian Egermann (DE), Dominic Gagnon (CA), Szabolcs KissPál (HU), Boris Ondreička (SK), Milo Rau, IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder (CH/DE), Vanja Smiljanić (SR), Jonas Staal (NL), Nick Thurston (GB), UBERMORGEN (CH/AT)<br /><br />The exhibition "The Alt-Right Complex" will include performances, curator’s tours, artist talks, and a series of lectures ("The Kids Are Alt-Right"). All dates at www.hmkv.de.<br /> <br />As part of the opening of "The Alt-Right Complex", the Justus Bier Award for Curators will be presented on Friday, 29 March 2019 at 7 pm. The Justus Bier Award for Curators, which honors outstanding curatorial achievements in the German-speaking world, will, in its tenth edition, be presented for the first time to a German art association for the exhibition and publication "The Storming of the Winter Palace. Forensics of an Image". The award winners are Inke Arns, Director of the Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) in Dortmund (DE), Igor Chubarov, Director of the Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities at the State University of Tyumen (RU) and Sylvia Sasse, Professor of Slavic Literary Studies at the University of Zurich (CH). The exhibition toured internationally: in 2017 it was shown at Gessnerallee Zurich (CH), in 2017-2018 at HMKV in Dortmund (DE) and in 2018 at Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz (PL) (see press release of 15 January 2019 at www.hmkv.de).<br /><br />"The Alt-Right Complex" is an exhibition of the HMKV (Hartware MedienKunstVerein), Dortmund, Germany</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">https://www.hmkv.de/_en/programm/programmpunkte/2019/Ausstellungen/2019_ART.php<br /><br />Curated by Inke Arns (HMKV)</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">Scenography: please don't touch, Dortmund</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">Graphic design: e o t . essays on typography, Berlin<br /> <br />Partner: Urbane Künste Ruhr - Ruhr Ding: Territories<br /> <br />Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Kunststiftung NRW<br /> <br />Funder HMKV: Kulturbetriebe Stadt Dortmund / Dortmunder U - Centre for Arts and Creativity<br /> <br />The lecture series "The Kids Are Alt-Right“ is supported by the Coordination Office for Diversity, Tolerance and Democracy of the City of Dortmund and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.<br /> <br /><br />ALSO ON VIEW<br /> <br />HMKV Video of the Month<br />In the series HMKV Video of the Month, the HMKV presents current video works by international artists on a monthly basis. 2019 with works by Katarina Zdjelar, Stefani Glauber, Weekend & Plaste, among others.<br /> <br />Dan Perjovschi: The Hard/er Drawing<br />Curated by Inke Arns (HMKV Dortmund) <br />In cooperation with the Dortmunder U<br />Vertical space, levels 0-7, until April 30, 2019<br /> <br />Detailed information on current exhibitions, opening hours, guided tours and the HMKV Video of the Month can be found at www.hmkv.de <br /></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;"><br /></div></body></html>