Daniel Keller

WELLS OF LIFE brings together works by Aids-3D (Daniel Keller & Nik Kosmas) and Anan Fries that originate from different moments in technological development yet share a similar gesture: technology as a projection surface for radical possibilities. Between the techno-utopian Internet optimism of the late 2000s and the biotechnological fantasies of the present, machines, networks, and bodies appear as open systems and are used as a medium for speculative visions of the future. Amid splashing water and glowing advertising promises, a scenario emerges that combines service, fantasy, and social utopia. Curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfose WELLS OF LIFE Opening 17.04.2025, 17:00 – 20:00 18.04.2025, 11:30 – 20:00 and by appointment

This week’s curator was a child actor for a regional steakhouse chain, went to art school, and didn’t touch code until GPT-4 made computers fun again. He sources deals for ADIN, prefers grizzled MIT engineers over slick YC decks, and wants to collaborate with Marcel Duchamp. He’s vibe coding a situation monitor that tracks everything from geopolitical crises to Telegram sentiment, doesn’t believe in superstition but does believe in hyperstition, and is cautiously optimistic his grandkids will inherit automated luxury communism as a line item on some ASI’s solar system energy budget. Here’s Daniel’s picks!

Προβολή απόψε στο @artexplorafestival 📽️ “The Seasteaders” των Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman @h.g.jacob & Daniel Keller @dnlklr Οι δημιουργοί του ντοκιμαντέρ εξερευνούν το φιλελεύθερο όραμα για τη δημιουργία πλωτών, αφορολόγητων πόλεων πέρα από τον έλεγχο των κυβερνήσεων – ένα τεχνο-ουτοπικό εγχείρημα που αποκαλύπτει βαθύτερους δεσμούς με αντιδημοκρατικές και alt-right ιδεολογίες. Η Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας παρουσιάζει και πάλι το ντοκιμαντέρ, το οποίο προβλήθηκε πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα στην AB6: ANTI (2018), σε μια περίοδο παγκόσμιας αναταραχής, προκειμένου να επανεξετάσει τις διασταυρώσεις τεχνολογίας, ιδεολογίας και των αναδυόμενων μορφών αποικιοκρατίας. Σας περιμένουμε απόψε στο Λιμάνι του Πειραιά, Πύλη Ε8, για την προβολή και την ανοιχτή συζήτηση που θα ακολουθήσει με τον Poka-Yio @pokayio , Καλλιτεχνικό Διευθυντή της Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας, και την Κατερίνα Τσέλου @tseloukaterina , Επιμελήτρια της ελληνικής στάσης του Art Explora Festival. 🗓️ Τετάρτη 8 Οκτωβρίου - 20:00 📍 Λιμάνι Πειραιά – Πύλη Ε8 🎟️ Είσοδος ελεύθερη 🔗 Περισσότερες πληροφορίες: #linkinbio Screening tonight at the Art Explora Festival 📽️ “The Seasteaders” by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Daniel Keller The filmmakers delve into the libertarian dream of creating floating, tax-free cities beyond government control — a techno-utopian vision that exposes deeper links to anti-democratic and alt-right ideologies. Originally presented in Greece at AB6: ANTI (2018), the Athens Biennale brings the film back at a time of global turbulence to reexamine the intersections of technology, ideology, and emerging forms of colonialism. Join us tonight at Piraeus Port, Gate E8, for the screening and an open discussion with Poka-Yio, Artistic Director of the Athens Biennale, and Katerina Tselou, Curator of the Greek stopover of the Art Explora Festival. 🗓️ Wednesday 8 October - 20:00 📍 Piraeus Port - Gate E8 🎟️ Free entrance 🔗 More Info: #linkinbio #athensbiennale #artexplorafestival #theseasteaders #film #screening #piraeusport

The Seasteaders: Ειδική προβολή στο @artexplorafestival από την Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας Στο «The Seasteaders», οι Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Daniel Keller εξετάζουν το αμφιλεγόμενο κίνημα Seasteading, το οποίο ξεκίνησε από μια ομάδα φιλελεύθερων που επεδίωκαν να δημιουργήσουν πλωτές, αφορολόγητες πόλεις ως πειραματικές κοινωνίες εκτός κυβερνητικού ελέγχου. Παρότι παρουσιάζεται ως λύση απέναντι στην «τελμάτωση» των κυβερνήσεων και στην κλιματική αλλαγή, η ταινία αποκαλύπτει συνδέσεις του κινήματος με αντιδημοκρατικές, τεχνο-ουτοπικές και alt-right ιδεολογίες. Μέσα από αυτή την προβολή, η Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας μας καλεί να αναμετρηθούμε με τις ανησυχητικές αυτές συμπλέξεις και να θέσουμε υπό αμφισβήτηση τις νέες μορφές αποικιοκρατίας στο πλαίσιο των σημερινών παγκόσμιων κρίσεων. Μετά την προβολή θα ακολουθήσει συζήτηση 📽️ SCREENING 8.10.2025 - 20:00 Piraeus Port - Gate E8 Free entrance Info: #linkinbio The Seasteaders: Special Screening at the Art Explora Festival by the Athens Biennale In “The Seasteaders”, Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Daniel Keller examine the controversial Seasteading movement, initiated by a group of libertarians seeking to build floating, tax-free cities as experimental societies beyond government control. While presented as solutions to governmental “stagnation” and climate change, the film reveals links to anti-democratic, techno-utopian and alt-right ideologies. Through this screening, the Athens Biennale invites us to confront their uneasy entanglement and to question new forms of colonialism amid today’s global crises. Discussion to follow the screening #athensbiennale #artexplorafestival

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My baby turned 1!!! 💗 love you always, io and @tianklr

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What is seasteading⁉️🌊🏠 To coincide with today’s Wet Urbanisms panel @themuseumofmodernart , we have unlocked The Seasteaders by @h.g.jacob and @dnlklr 💧 Stream on [dis.art] for free for the next week Follow the first ever 2017 Seasteading conference in Tahiti where Seasteaders discussed their controversial plans to build floating communities independent of established governments.

Join us in person on Friday January 17 at MoMA for a series of talks and panel on a topic particularly close to my heart: urbanism and the aquatic world. Registration link in bio.⠀ ⠀ “Inspired by the publication of André Tavares’s @andretavares_2007 new book Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic, the panel discussion “Wet Urbanisms” brings Tavares in conversation with a group of thinkers—interdisciplinary artist Susan Blight @themightyboozhoo , architects Tei Carpenter @teicarpenter and Jesse LeCavalier, environmental historian Connie Y. Chiang, digital artist and digital media scholar Nettrice Gaskins @nettiebeatrice , artist Daniel Keller @dnlklr , architectural historian Anna Renken, art historian James Merle Thomas @jamesmerlethomas , and architect and researcher Zhi Ray Wang @wangzhiray —whose work examines architectural designs and environmental stewardship practices that bridge the marine-terrestrial border.”⠀ ⠀ Image: Wolf Hilbertz, Newton Fallis, and Bill Wilson’s, Ecopolis (1992), an island city they designed that could grow from the minerals in the seawater.⠀ ⠀ #ambaszinstitute #water #urbanism #fish #architecture

As artist, critic and provocateur, @dnlklr has remained one of the most incisive authorities on internet culture and digital art for nearly two decades. As someone who has always provided invaluable insight into our rapidly changing present, SQD.ZIP caught up with Daniel for a well-needed temperature check. Read more at the link in bio. @henrybrucejones

Freedom Club Figure, 2013 installation view, Poetics of Encryption, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (📸: David Stjernholm)

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