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SITUATIONS/Post Fail at Fotomuseum Winterthur Explores the Failure of the Future

exhibition · 2026-05-05

So, there's this exhibition called SITUATIONS/Post Fail that runs from December 2, 2017, to February 8, 2018, at Fotomuseum Winterthur, curated by Matteo Cremonesi. It dives into how our idea of the future is breaking down in this post-Internet age. This show is part of a series that started back in 2015, focusing on photography in the digital world. It features nine artists, including Adam Basanta and Jon Rafman, and really highlights the crisis in realism through 'post-photographic' techniques like modified images and robotic art. The pieces reflect a society facing many contradictions and economic issues. Plus, there's a video interview series called Link_mins at the Link Art Center in Brescia, kicking off with Joanne McNeil discussing themes of failure and change.

Key facts

  • Exhibition SITUATIONS/Post Fail at Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • Curated by Matteo Cremonesi
  • Runs from December 2, 2017 to February 8, 2018
  • Part of the Situations series started in 2015
  • Features nine artists: Adam Basanta, Discipula, Peter Halley, Felicity Hammond, Joey Holder, IOCOSE, Michael Mandiberg, Jon Rafman, Harm van den Dorpel
  • Focuses on the failure of the idea of the future
  • Explores post-photographic practices and crisis of realism
  • Link Art Center presents Link_mins video interviews
  • First interview Failure and Change by Joanne McNeil
  • Interview produced with Fotomuseum Winterthur

Entities

Artists

  • Adam Basanta
  • Discipula
  • Peter Halley
  • Felicity Hammond
  • Joey Holder
  • IOCOSE
  • Michael Mandiberg
  • Jon Rafman
  • Harm van den Dorpel
  • Joanne McNeil
  • Valentina Tanni
  • Matteo Cremonesi

Institutions

  • Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • Link Art Center
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Winterthur
  • Switzerland
  • Brescia
  • Italy

Sources