Eva and Franco Mattes Survey Internet Art in Modena Exhibition

Eva and Franco Mattes present a horizontal exhibition in Modena, with works aligned on a long platform called 'Monumento Connettivo' (2022), a tribute to Superstudio's 'Monumento Continuo' (1969). Curated by Nadim Samman, the selection was allegedly made by a 'mysterious algorithm' and arranged from most to least viewed, critiquing social media's attention economy. The show explores visibility versus invisibility, featuring 'Untitled (Yellow Trail)' (2021), a yellow cable duct managing the room's electrical system, and 'Circuits' (2022), with Ethernet cables and microcomputers transferring personal photos in an inaccessible digital loop. 'The Bots' (2020) series gives voice to content moderators—often exploited workers in poor countries—through actors in makeup tutorials, highlighting human filtering behind AI myths. 'What Has Been Seen' (2017) features a taxidermied cat on a tower of microwaves containing formatted hard drives, symbolizing the internet user hypnotized by content flow. The exhibition runs at an unspecified venue in Modena.