Warren Neidich Explores Pizzagate Conspiracy at Zuecca Project Space

Zuecca Project Space on Giudecca Island in Venice presents 'Rumor to Delusion,' an exhibition by Warren Neidich (born 1958, New York). Trained as a neurologist, Neidich entered the contemporary art world in 1996, integrating scientific curiosity into his artistic practice. The show centers on the Pizzagate fake news from December 2016, after Donald Trump's election, spread via 4chan and Twitter. It alleged a child prostitution ring involving James Alefantis (a Democratic Party figure, president of Transformer gallery, and owner of Comet Ping Pong), Hillary Clinton, and John Podesta. The conspiracy led Edgar Maddison Welch to storm Comet Ping Pong with a rifle. Neidich's works include the video 'Pizzagate: From Rumor to Delusion,' shown at Transmediale festival in Berlin, and 'Pizzagate Neon,' a conceptual map resembling a brain and cloud, linking names like Marina Abramović. The exhibition also features talks and the book 'Glossary of Cognitive Activism,' edited by Neidich and published by Archive Books.