𝕷𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌
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Airdrying clay, Cotton tank tops
Work was part of group exhibition ”Technology of desire” @scopebln curated by @boris_kostadinov
”Alejandro Montero Bravo’s two works explore the idea of how the internet in the past
created an illusory space for unlimited queer freedom. At the same time, the works reflect
on how today’s digital world is increasingly shaped by real forces of power and conservative
norms, transforming what once felt like an escape from reality into a controlled and often
toxic extension of reality.” Text by Boris Kostadinov
𝔖𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔩𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔷𝔞𝔰/
𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔡𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫𝔢
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Airdrying clay, Hair extensions, Plexiglass, Leopard print textile, Textile ruffle, Steel details
Work was part of group exhibition ”Technology of desire” @scopebln curated by @boris_kostadinov
”Alejandro Montero Bravo’s two works explore the idea of how the internet in the past
created an illusory space for unlimited queer freedom. At the same time, the works reflect
on how today’s digital world is increasingly shaped by real forces of power and conservative
norms, transforming what once felt like an escape from reality into a controlled and often
toxic extension of reality.” Text by Boris Kostadinov
TECHNOLOGY OF DESIRE
Queer Relations in the Posthuman Age
Scope BLN Project Space
The icon by Anton Stoianov merges medieval painting techniques with gender as biopolitics, deconstructing patriarchal iconography through insectoid forms and female biological markers. In this posthuman future, gender becomes a fluid, hybrid force of resilience.
Alejandro Montero Bravo explores how the early internet promised unlimited queer freedom, while today’s digital space is shaped by power structures and conservative norms — transforming escape into a controlled extension of reality.
Viktor Petrov reinterprets “Scouting for Boys,” tracing its racist, militaristic and machismo roots to the present: chemical desire, dating platforms, and digital “cloning” of gay male appearance from Fire Island to Rio, Berlin and Tel Aviv.
Jane Garbert’s glass objects suggest connection — lemon as battery, cable as conductor — yet the “copulation” remains impossible. Their non-functional, fragile nature hints at imagined and often unreachable contact.
Jakob Urban’s monochromes collect screenshots from the queer dating platform ROMEO, exploring anonymity, hidden desire and self-censorship within digital intimacy.
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
Photos: @chroma.studioberlin
Scope BLN
presents
TECHNOLOGY OF DESIRE
Queer Relations in the Posthuman Age
Alejandro Montero Bravo I Chang Gao I Jane Garbert I Gabriel Gutierrez Morales I Viktor Petrov I Paweł Reczek I Anton Stoianov I Jakob Urban I Lee Mun Wai
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
Opening: Friday, March 13 at 6:00 PM
Lübecker Straße 43 10559 Berlin
The group exhibition TECHNOLOGY OF DESIRE explores how queer subjectivity is shaped within the intertwining of the biological, the digital, and the synthetic. As gender and identity become increasingly fluid, the exhibition asks not who we are, but how we are transformed within the framework of technology.
Inspired by Donna Haraway’s cyborg, the posthuman here is not speculative — it is everyday life. AI, biometric tracking, and hormone therapies expand possibilities while quietly structuring them. The body is organic and coded at once. Virtual presence provides new opportunities, but it also exposes us to surveillance.
The research part of TECHNOLOGY OF DESIRE is supported by Recherchestipendien Bildende Kunst 2025 by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt - Berlin
Documentation from installation of new work ”𝒲𝒜𝒱𝐸𝒮” at Tröingeskolan in Falkenberg, Sweden.
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Thnx to my amazing brother @bravosergito for all the help🩵
