Aram Bartholl&Post Internet Art

Today I did a presentation on Aram Bartholl and Post Internet Art in class. At the beginning of term when we had to choose the topic we wanted to present, I had no idea what Post Internet Art actually is, and I only chose it because it sounded kind of interesting, especially as I am studying Media&Communication and hence constantly get confronted to the Internet and the digital world.

As I started researching for my presentation and tried to find some information about Aram Bartholl and Post Internet Art, I slowly began to explore a totally different kind of art that was completely new to me. 

In his work, Aram Bartholl explores the intersection between the virtual and the physical world. He turns digital objects into physical ones and asks not only what people do with the media, but also what the media do with people, a question that, I think, is essential in the 21st century. 

The thing that fascinated me most about Aram Bartholl's Post Internet art is probably that he involves other people into his work, by organizing different workshops or, as in 'Dead Drop', putting USB flash drives into walls,buildings and other public spaces and thus inviting people to find or drop files on a dead drop in the middle of a city. 

And although Post Internet Art doesn't really have anything to do with graphic design and probably won't help me to find further inspiration for my poster, I can definitely say that I have learned something new and I will definitely keep an eye on Post Internet Art and Aram Bartholl in the future.