Hannah Neckel, based online as @cybervoid69, is a Transmedia Artist, exploring queer futurity by melting the utopian promise of the internet into reality
⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙
Her multimedia XXXperiences seduce into a dreamy hyper space where the digital sphere of the internet and the physical world merge.
Luring visitors into the fantasy, prompting introspection by creating a space of connection and belonging, where desire, love, and the longing for community intertwine.
The internet serves as a utopian place of longing, a fountain source for the desire for liberation and community that manifests itself in their works, generated by an interplay of online and offline footage.
The real space becomes an extended virtual reality, a place of belonging that confronts visitors with their own emotionality, creating a sense of hope for endless possibilities beyond the limitations of the physical world.
Luring visitors into the fantasy, prompting introspection by creating a space of connection and belonging, where desire, love, and the longing for community intertwine.
The internet serves as a utopian place of longing, a fountain source for the desire for liberation and community that manifests itself in their works, generated by an interplay of online and offline footage.
The real space becomes an extended virtual reality, a place of belonging that confronts visitors with their own emotionality, creating a sense of hope for endless possibilities beyond the limitations of the physical world.
The aesthetics of the internet spill into the space as if from a glass, overflowing and overlapping, merging with the surrounding like the layers of a Photoshop file.
Creating an immersive experience playing into all senses of the users, transporting them to a vision of a utopian internet where boundaries are transgressed and the self is constructed and reconstructed.
Hannah Neckel studies Transmedia Art at the University of Applied Arts in the class Brigitte Kowanz / Jakob Lena Knebl,
based forever online <3
She is a member of the interdisciplinary artist-led collective room69 developing new and progressive exhibition formats, new media arts and installation
Creating an immersive experience playing into all senses of the users, transporting them to a vision of a utopian internet where boundaries are transgressed and the self is constructed and reconstructed.
Hannah Neckel studies Transmedia Art at the University of Applied Arts in the class Brigitte Kowanz / Jakob Lena Knebl,
based forever online <3
She is a member of the interdisciplinary artist-led collective room69 developing new and progressive exhibition formats, new media arts and installation
contact
instagram @cybervoid69
mail studio@hannahneckel.com
full portfolio & cv more information
on request
for business inquires please send a message via email
studio@hannahneckel.com
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by Hannah Neckel
Copyright of all Texts and Photos lies with Hannah Neckel
instagram @cybervoid69
mail studio@hannahneckel.com
full portfolio & cv more information
on request
for business inquires please send a message via email
studio@hannahneckel.com
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by Hannah Neckel
Copyright of all Texts and Photos lies with Hannah Neckel
✮*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✧*˚ floating through reality ˚*✧˚*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✮
2024
full room installation
in collaboration with
Lea Neckel
commissioned by Kulturbetriebe Burgenland
and exhibited at
Landesgalerie Burgenland
“✮*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✧*˚ floating through reality ˚*✧˚*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✮”
Landesgalerie Burgenland
Eisenstadt, AT
press
full room installation
in collaboration with
Lea Neckel
commissioned by Kulturbetriebe Burgenland
and exhibited at
Landesgalerie Burgenland
“✮*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✧*˚ floating through reality ˚*✧˚*•̩̩͙✧•̩̩͙*˚✮”
Landesgalerie Burgenland
Eisenstadt, AT
press
Since its creation, Eisenstadt Castle Park has combined nature and technical progress as a mirror to the world in a paradisiacal form. The Herzerlteich pond, romantically hidden in the park, is at the center of the exhibition ✮*-̩̩͙✧-̩̩͙*˚✧*˚ floating through reality ˚*✧˚*-̩̩͙✧-̩̩͙*˚✮, as a symbol of the symbiosis of technology and nature, man and progress.
The water of the future flows through the changing installation. In this way, Hannah and Lea Neckel create a space that makes it possible to dream present-day utopias and generate new realities.
Through the lens of hydrofeminism, they show how water connects people as a universal element, reflecting the role of the internet as a modern parallel of this force.
Through the lens of hydrofeminism, they show how water connects people as a universal element, reflecting the role of the internet as a modern parallel of this force.
𝓲 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼
2024
sculptures , 1-3 videos, sound
“Passage”
Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen
Hamburg, DE
“all the feels”
curated by Nora Mayr
Kunstraum Niederösterreich
Vienna, AT
sculptures , 1-3 videos, sound
“Passage”
Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen
Hamburg, DE
“all the feels”
curated by Nora Mayr
Kunstraum Niederösterreich
Vienna, AT
We need to be able to imagine - to make it real.
In online queer spaces, imagination runs free, directly from the source, where marginalized identities find refuge, exploring and connecting underneath the waves. Taking on avatars, the personal becomes abstracted in the virtual. Liberated from fears of repercussion and stigmatisation, exploration flows freely, uncovering what is hidden behind the surface. I reach out my hand towards you, breaking the tension, as the water rushes over us, uniting our bodies, just like our hearts have been united online <3
In online queer spaces, imagination runs free, directly from the source, where marginalized identities find refuge, exploring and connecting underneath the waves. Taking on avatars, the personal becomes abstracted in the virtual. Liberated from fears of repercussion and stigmatisation, exploration flows freely, uncovering what is hidden behind the surface. I reach out my hand towards you, breaking the tension, as the water rushes over us, uniting our bodies, just like our hearts have been united online <3
The feeling is too big,
the video is f
l
o
w
i
n
g
out of the screen, it can not be contained anymore,
my words are floating on the stream towards
you .｡.:*♡
eroding whatever stands in our way, the boundaries have melted away, its our reality.....˚ *•̩̩͙ ✩.
the video is f
l
o
w
i
n
g
out of the screen, it can not be contained anymore,
my words are floating on the stream towards
you .｡.:*♡
eroding whatever stands in our way, the boundaries have melted away, its our reality.....˚ *•̩̩͙ ✩.
beyond the waterfall
lost in the stream of conciousness
exhibited at and commissioned by OOEK
Linz (AT): OK Linz Center for Contemporary Art
solo position in collaboration with Lea Neckel
curated by Maria Venzl & Alfred Weidinger
Linz (AT): OK Linz Center for Contemporary Art
solo position in collaboration with Lea Neckel
curated by Maria Venzl & Alfred Weidinger
Based on the longing for liberation and community, they develop emotional exxxperiences based on the utopian potential of the internet.
In their work "˚₊‧。☆･ﾟ: *𓆩♡𓆪･ﾟ:* beyond the waterfall *:ﾟ𓆩♡𓆪 *:ﾟ･☆。‧₊˚lost in the stream of consciousness" the concept of fluidity is explored to the fore and break through the conventional notions of binary. The installation symbolizes binary in two spaces, connected and dissolved by the waterfall. The focus is on emphasizing community at all levels and using the potential of technology to transcend physical limitations and generate a new vision of the future in the collective consciousness.
In their work "˚₊‧。☆･ﾟ: *𓆩♡𓆪･ﾟ:* beyond the waterfall *:ﾟ𓆩♡𓆪 *:ﾟ･☆。‧₊˚lost in the stream of consciousness" the concept of fluidity is explored to the fore and break through the conventional notions of binary. The installation symbolizes binary in two spaces, connected and dissolved by the waterfall. The focus is on emphasizing community at all levels and using the potential of technology to transcend physical limitations and generate a new vision of the future in the collective consciousness.
Utilizing femme and queer signifiers and referring to Haraway's cyborg manifesto, the internet is rematerialized and presented as a refuge for marginalized groups, especially the queer community. By deconstructing the boundaries between human and machine, gender binaries, self and other, liberation cannot be confined to the patriarchal framework of gender. Complex humanity and gender are intangible and multifaceted, and technological advances continue to transcend traditional gender boundaries.
To truly transcend these limitations in our thinking and discourse, we must open ourselves to new ways of conceptualizing and understanding the physical space of gender.
The rooms of the OK become an extended virtual reality, immersed in the aesthetics of the digital subculture, it spills into the room as if it has sprung from a source, overflows and overlaps, merging with the environment like the layers of a Photoshop file.
The rooms of the OK become an extended virtual reality, immersed in the aesthetics of the digital subculture, it spills into the room as if it has sprung from a source, overflows and overlaps, merging with the environment like the layers of a Photoshop file.
We are grateful for all the people who have actively contributed their knowledge and skills to the process of installation. In unison with our community, we envision a future of empowerment and liberation through a collaborative collective process of working.
The knowledge and skills of our collaborators are a visible part of our practice, uniting people to create a multifaceted experience.
cris anutoiu - video + 3d
neptunia monna anarchus - sound
alice klarwein - inflatable sculptures
max halstead + josepha edbauer - hard sculptures
lilly miklautz - soft sculptures + styling
paola lesslhumer - photography
julian lee harather - photography
kiss me thru the screen
2023
video, sound
with an accompanying research essay
exhibited at
“ARCADIA”
curated by Ana Simona Zelenović
queer museum, Vienna, AT
“intelligence unbound”
curated by Sepideh Majidi
posthumanartnetwork, Internet
and in a follow up physical exhibition in Berkley, USA
“Parallel”
curated by Klasse Transmediale Kunst
Vienna, AT
video, sound
with an accompanying research essay
exhibited at
“ARCADIA”
curated by Ana Simona Zelenović
queer museum, Vienna, AT
“intelligence unbound”
curated by Sepideh Majidi
posthumanartnetwork, Internet
and in a follow up physical exhibition in Berkley, USA
“Parallel”
curated by Klasse Transmediale Kunst
Vienna, AT
the video is
f
l
o
w
i
n
g
through me
melting my body, merging it with yours
come closer ‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙♡
f
l
o
w
i
n
g
through me
melting my body, merging it with yours
come closer ‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙♡
Floating on the eternal stream, drowning in the feelings
going with the flow is not easy, you need to let yourself be taken by the stream, it will guide you there
i’m reaching out to for your hand through the screen
can we touch?
can we break through the (surface) tension
floating on the water, drifting away, reaching out for your hand, your gaze
The work is contemplating on the utopian promise of connection on the internet and the intrinsic longing for community and romance. As a sanctuary for queer communities, intimacy for marginalised people is possible online. Anonymity can offer exploration, a free flow of desire. The poem guides through the stream of the video, as the character ruminates on the analogy between the endless streams of the internet and water, being taken by the current, which will leading to our desire. As the water is uniting, dissolving the boundaries and filling the gaps between us, we become one in the ooze.
ruminating
releasing
