14.03.2026 – 17.05.2026
Social media has gained enormous importance in recent years; not only does almost everyone seem to be represented on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X and TikTok, but these platforms have also evolved from channels for exchanging text or images into powerful political and economic infrastructures. The group exhibition Platform Wars examines this phenomenon. Platforms are by no means neutral storage locations for user-generated content, but exert enormous influence on our everyday lives through algorithmic curation, invisible moderation systems and user guidelines. Platforms are by no means neutral storage locations for user-generated content, but exert enormous influence on our everyday lives through algorithmic curation, invisible moderation systems and user guidelines. Their modes of operation shape not only cultural production, but also social dynamics of visibility, identity formation and political opinion-forming. The artistic positions presented in the context of Platform Wars by S()fia Braga, Joshua Citarella, Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik, Zarina Nares and Frida Orupabo explore how capitalist imperatives determine the digital attention economy, how hierarchical systems spread in online communities, and how post-digital aesthetics are changing visual culture. Together, they paint a multi-layered picture of platform cultures and potential forms of resistance.
Platform Wars
14.03.2026 – 17.05.2026
Camera Austria
Lendkai 2
8020 Graz
www.camera-austria.at
