upcoming
Original Simulations, Maria Kling
Opening: 04.09.2026, 16:30 - 21:00.
by Maria Kling & Ker Siang Yeo with Henry Semenenko, Sam Pallister & Quantum Teleportation Algorithms
Original Simulations treats originality as something that can be broken, copied and reassembled across physical, digital and quantum forms.
The works show how an “original” can survive as a shared state between objects, data and the act of looking.
Courtesy of Maria Kling
An artwork becomes “original” the moment we decide it cannot simply be replaced – but what happens to that status when it is copied, digitised, forged or even quantum‑teleported? In Original Simulations, mathematical models of quantum teleportation are used to transfer one artwork’s information onto its own forgery, a process that destroys the first version in measurement and leaves behind two entangled “new originals” instead of one. The resulting works exist both as physical objects and as virtual counterparts, inviting visitors to question where originality actually resides – in the material piece, in its data, or in the fragile act of observing it – and to experience quantum theory not just as science, but as a lived aesthetic experiment.
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Courtesy of Maria Kling
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Nils Benedikt Fischer and Dani Ploeger
Two Honorary Mentions at Prix Ars Electronica
Dani Ploeger’s work MIJ (Fog) and Nils Benedikt Fischer’s Constellation 2 have been awarded Honorary Mentions at Prix Ars Electronica, one of the most renowned international awards for media art and digital culture. Their recognition places both works among contemporary artistic practices that explore the role of technology in shaping experience and imagination.
An overview of the current and past awardees can be found on the Prix Ars Electronica website, which presents MIJ (Fog) and Constellation 2 within a wider field of innovative and conceptually driven media artworks: https://ars.electronica.art/prix/en/winners/.
Constellation 2, courtesy of Nils Benedikt Fischer
Mij (Fog) Courtesy of Dani Ploeger
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