502 Bad Gateway Studio

"The Funes Mechanical Bull (Before Impact)" 2024 black pla, stained wood, brass A reimagining of The Farnese Bull drawn from our previous mythology and Borges' "Funes the Memorious" a gift for @chasepalmer_andstuff

502 Bad Gateway’s first solo show Riddle; Obsolescence is up now @t293_gallery until February 25th! Install shots by @daniele.molajoli @robruthco @bausaus

Introducing The Passerine, our first earring design. Now available in sterling silver in two different sizes: 2.5” (15g) and 2” (7g). DM to get in on the first round of pre-orders 🙃 Modeled by @hystericalteenager @anuraghun

Cover artwork and unused alternates for @gift_nyc Illuminator (Deluxe) LP Out November 21 on @capturedtracks shot w/ @dannah.co

Select shots from @diskokina LA, performing ‘Exit Strategy’, a realtime theatrical club production alongside @club_cringe @uffieufficial @jensillen , thanks to @svstudiosla for hosting us ⚙️🕹️📜🚪 📸 : @kevinpeterhe @ethan_bart_ley @ben_z_online @whatafuckingbitch Tiffany Tsai

★⋆LA DAY 2, FINAL NIGHT TONIGHT★⋆ TIX @ DISKOKINA . LIVE DISKOKINA LA invites Virtual Performers, #AV Programmers, Electronic Influencers, DJs, Popstars, Hackers and Dancers from around the world to do battle in Glendale, Los Angeles on @svstudiosla ’s 35ft LED wall for the coveted title of AV Champion across July 17th, 18th, and 19th…with an OPEN BAR. Including live performances and AV Theatre by @team.rolfes with @katmarikoz , @kevinpeterhe with @flt.n3sss , @club_cringe starring @uffieufficial in collab w @502.bg , @dj_dave____ , @1800.pain , @ina_ccchen , @cabbibo , @cerspense , @nikki__nair B2B @blaketheman1000 , @lilguccipurse B2B @worldwidegoth , @jensillen , @Sam.rolfes , and hosted by @servideo and KINA our virtual mascot. 🎟️DISKOKINA.LIVE🎟️

JULY 17 - 18 - 19 We’re performing in LA with @uffieufficial @club_cringe Tickets in @502.bg bio 🔊 🔊 🚪 🚪 ꩜ DISKOKINA’S LA DEBUT ꩜ Team Rolfes and Club Cringe are bringing the word-renowned AV-Theatrical sensation @diskokina to the West Coast. This July, Performers, Programmers, Influencers, DJs, Popstars, Hackers and Dancers from around the world will gather to do battle in Los Angeles on @svstudiosla ’s 35ft LED wall for the coveted title of AV Champion. Led by @servideo & Kina, the world’s first AI-Superfan ⋆⭒ LIVE PERFORMANCES AND AV THEATRE˚.⋆ ‘321Rule’ Live virtual theatre by @team.rolfes , starring @katmarikoz   ‘Passage’ Live A/V Cinema by @kevinpeterhe , starring @flt.n3sss ‘@club_cringe Live’, starring @uffieufficial in collab w @502.bg @dj_dave____ @1800.pain @ina_ccchen @cabbibo @cerspense ♫₊˚DJ SETS˚.🎧 @nikki__nair B2B @blaketheman1000 @lilguccipurse B2B @worldwidegoth @jensillen @sam.rolfes   ✰ SUPPORTED BY OUR HOST COMMITTEE ✰ @ka5sh @playslimecore @flipkostic @sashab_xd Spread across three nights at a top-secret warehouse location, it will be up to you, the all-knowing audience, to determine who will take home the crown and who will leave in tears. When the dust finally settles, Real-Time Club-Theatre may never be the same again. ⋆ ༺Ƹ★ (ꐦ ◣‸◢) ★ Ʒ༻ ⋆ 🎟️ DISKOKINA.LIVE 🎨 @krstnklkv

Alpha version 0.3 of our live videomusic opera ‘Illuminators of the Holophote Library’. Performed at a closed workshop at the Shaker Chair Factory as a part of @frasfest last month. Watch the full 18 minute performance at the link in our bio.

꩜ DISKOKINA’S LA DEBUT ꩜ Team Rolfes and Club Cringe are bringing the word-renowned AV-Theatrical sensation @diskokina to the West Coast. This July, Performers, Programmers, Influencers, DJs, Popstars, Hackers and Dancers from around the world will gather to do battle in Los Angeles on @svstudiosla ’s 35ft LED wall for the coveted title of AV Champion. Led by @servideo & Kina, the world’s first AI-Superfan ⋆⭒ LIVE PERFORMANCES AND AV THEATRE˚.⋆ ‘321Rule’ Live virtual theatre by @team.rolfes , starring @katmarikoz ‘Passage’ Live A/V Cinema by @Kevinpeterhe , starring @flt.n3sss ‘@club_cringe Live’, starring @uffieufficial in collab w @502.bg @dj_dave____ @1800.pain @ina_ccchen @cabbibo @cerspense ♫₊˚DJ SETS˚.🎧 @nikki__nair B2B @blaketheman1000 @lilguccipurse B2B @worldwidegoth @jensillen @Sam.rolfes ✰ SUPPORTED BY OUR HOST COMMITTEE ✰ @ka5sh @playslimecore @flipkostic @sashab_xd Spread across three nights at a top-secret warehouse location, it will be up to you, the all-knowing audience, to determine who will take home the crown and who will leave in tears. When the dust finally settles, Real-Time Club-Theatre may never be the same again. ⋆ ༺Ƹ★ (ꐦ ◣‸◢) ★ Ʒ༻ ⋆ 🎟 DISKOKINA.LIVE 🎨 @krstnklkv

❗Tmrw and Thurs ❗ come see us perform with @club_cringe as a part of @diskokina , a two night spectacle of real-time club theatre that will leave you crying, laughing and vomiting with pleasure. Led by @team.rolfes and @club_cringe , @diskokina blends live narrative theatre with collaborations between vibrant AV artists, VR puppetry, and stars of the underground: Hosted by @servideo & KINA (Maya Filmeridis) 321Rule: Live featuring Team Rolfes (@team.rolfes @sam.rolfes @andy.rolfes @array_1337 ) and Lil Mariko (@katmarikoz ) Kevin Peter He (@kevinpeterhe ) Live A/V featuring Bobby Beethoven (@bobbybeethoven ) Club Cringe Live featuring Uffie (@uffieufficial ) with Mother Cell (@xxmothercellxx @sickjoke5 @fka.trade @jackbrenner97 ), DJ Wallh4x (@djwallh4x @ray_toyota ), DJ Trick (@jensillen ) and 502 Bad Gateway Studio (@502.bg @bausaus @robruthco )

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: One week til the Diskokina showcase of ‘real-time club-theatre’ at DEMO2025 Led by @team.rolfes and @club_cringe , @diskokina blends live narrative theatre with collaborations between vibrant AV artists, VR puppetry, and stars of the underground: 🎙️Hosted by @servideo & KINA (Maya Filmeridis) ❗️321Rule: Live featuring Team Rolfes (@team.rolfes @sam.rolfes @andy.rolfes @array_1337 @bausaus ) and Lil Mariko (@katmarikoz ) ❗️Passage Live A/V Cinema by Kevin Peter He (@kevinpeterhe ) featuring Bobby Beethoven (@bobbybeethoven ) ❗️Club Cringe Live featuring Uffie (@uffieufficial ) with Mother Cell (@xxmothercellxx ), DJ Wallh4x (@djwallh4x ), DJ Trick (@jensillen ) and 502 Bad Gateway Studio (@502.bg ) Video Credit: @team.rolfes , featuring @servideo

CREW SPOTLIGHT: 502 Bad Gateway @502.bg 502 Bad Gateway is the artist duo of Alexander Baumann and Robert Ruth, whose collaborative artistic disciplines include motion capture performance, oil painting, 3D game development, sculpture, vintage tech restoration, building audio synthesizers, animation, and filmmaking. Their practice focuses on integrating their artistic methods with deprecated technologies from many different eras, drawing on the history of usage to underline the intent of the work. With a foot in the world of experimental film and live performance, and the other in fine art and installation, 502 Bad Gateway desires to break the traditionally static, immutable nature of gallery work, by incorporating the real-time responsiveness of interactive live performance. 💥 They will be working on the AV for INCARNATE, as well as the pop-up Dark Room. You do not want to miss this. 🎟️Tickets for KINK OUT INCARNATE (4–10pm at TV Eye) are moving—secure yours now via @kinkoutevents or the link in bio. INCARNATE is a living altar to leather histories, turning fantasies, archives, and scholarship into flesh-and-blood activations, featuring performance art, leather installations, a community market, DJs, and more~