events / in conversation
«Who goes to museums – and who is left out?» Key insights from the roundtable «Cultural Participation» on 20 March 2026, organised in collaboration with Kuverum.
Artificial Intelligence / exhibition / guest post
Selected by the Friends of HEK community, After the Dataset by Gazelli Art House explores how AI shapes cultural memory and visual knowledge.
In this guest post, curator Pegah Hoghoughi introduces the exhibition, opening Friday, 17.04.2026 at 17:00 (CEST) on virtual.hek.ch.
collection / guest post / media culture
What does it take to keep born-digital art accessible over time? Nicole Savoy from Rhizome explores emulation as a living preservation practice reflecting on TechBrunch: Born-Digital Art within the Time Travel through our Digital Past Project support by the SKKG.
events / exhibition / media culture
In October 2025, a self-driving PostBus appeared on Münsterhof — not to drive, but to ask what happens when we let automated systems guide us. In this look-back, we revisit Lauren Lee McCarthy’s AUTO and the collective experiment it created in the middle of Zürich.
events / guest post / interview
Hannah-Katharina Chabbani and Marc Bredemeier, winners of the Friends of HEK Open Call, interview each other about their project.
do it yourself! / events / guest post
Guide to DAOs invites you to explore shared governance, ethics & digital culture—together. Add your thoughts on the Live Annotation Wall.
exhibition / guest post
How can fungi shift our perspective on intelligence? Susanne Hartmann shares insights from her work Experiments III, on view in the HEK exhibition «Other Intelligences» until 10.08.2025.
events / exhibition / guest post / what is...?
What connects the air in your lungs with glowing oceans and towering cliffs? Artist and researcher Anthea Oestreicher explores how microscopic plankton shape our world – from oxygen and climate to stone and memory. Experience it live at her TechBrunch on August 10 at HEK, during the “Other Intelligences” finissage weekend.