I’m part of the last generation that remembers life before computers, the internet, and smartphones took over our lives.
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The book is out — and now it’s online. cyberneticsociety.floriankuhlmann.com is a new standalone website for The Cybernetic Society, bringing the text, the works, and a running commentary together in one place. The site presents the full theoretical framework: a society built on feedback, signals, and the permanent recalculation of reality through mediated probabilities. A […]
The cybernetic society and metamodernism are not parallel phenomena. One is the material ground of the other. Second-order cybernetics is the connecting principle. This is the working thesis that emerged from a recent conversation between myself and an AI — a conversation about observation, feedback, memory, and what it means to think inside a system […]
I’m releasing a new series on objkt: Collective Binary Loops – 28th april 2026 1800CET 👉 https://objkt.com/collections/exhibitions/projects/collective-binary-loops-31562577/exhibition The starting point is simple: A collective of fingers is constantly steering and navigating the world — across billions of devices, in real time. What we usually think of as interaction is actually continuous input. Tap by tap, […]
ONLY THE BOTS KNOW THE TRUTH is part of the Speedshow Context Collapse in L.A. Context Collapse revisits Aram Bartholl’s iconic Speed Show format, reactivating the internet café as a site for presenting digital art during LA Frieze Week 2026. Taking this historical net art framework as a point of departure, the exhibition explores what […]
NFTalkie Walkies is a collaborative project by Florian Kuhlmann and Hans Ulrich Reck, exploring how artistic thinking and theoretical reflection can be situated within the evolving medium of blockchain technology. While NFTs are typically associated with visual one-of-a-kind artworks and their integration into crypto-economic systems, this project uses the format differently: the edition consists not […]
DROP: https://xyz.floriankuhlmann.com/INTERNET_AS_A_POPULIST_TECHBASED_ART_SYSTEM/ ‚Texttoken 0725_01 tokenized‚ is a conceptual blockchain artwork that explores the internet itself as a medium of collective authorship and automated value production. Each letter of the sentence “INTERNET AS A POPULIST TECH-BASED ART SYSTEM” exists as an individual on-chain token within an ERC-1155 contract. Together, they form a complete semantic and visual […]
Current Exhibition: Metamodern Perspectives on the Cybernetic Society kunsthalle.koeln – A Virtual 3D Exhibition Project by Stefanie Klingemann and Ilya Pusenkoff Several of my recent digital works are currently featured in the virtual exhibition Metamodern Perspectives on the Cybernetic Society, hosted at kunsthalle.koeln. Curated by Stefanie Klingemann and Ilya Pusenkoff, the show explores artistic reflections […]
New Release: DIE KYBERNETISCHE GESELLSCHAFT — Now Available on Amazon I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new book DIE KYBERNETISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, now available worldwide via Amazon. This book is a hybrid of theory, media criticism, and artistic reflection. It explores how our reality is increasingly shaped by feedback loops, algorithmic control, and digital […]
As part of an innovative project, I am working on the development of a prototype for a chatbot capable of efficiently extracting and converting content from texts into understandable, structured information. The goal is to create a versatile application that can be used either as an independent service or in future projects. Project Goal The […]
I recently completed the “ETL and Data Pipelines with Shell, Airflow, and Kafka” course, which provided a structured look into data processing methodologies. The course covered two primary approaches for transforming raw data into a usable format: the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process, used in data warehouses and marts, and the ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) […]
I recently completed a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification, along with comprehensive courses in Microservice Architectures and real-world Serverless Functions with Azure. Here’s a closer look at the journey and some key takeaways: Kubernetes CKAD Certification: This certification course deepened my understanding of Kubernetes architecture, focusing on its core components and their roles in […]
Currently, I am working through a course on DeepLearning.AI titled Open-Source Models with Hugging Face. The course provides an excellent opportunity to explore the availability of open source models provided by various smaller and bigger companies like facebook, openai, mistral or microsoft. In this particula course, participants select open-source models from the Hugging Face Hub […]
Recently, I took some time to delve deeper into Azure Serverless Functions, an area I’ve been curious about for a while. To gain hands-on experience, I completed the Coursera course “Creating Azure Serverless Functions in a Real-World Scenario.” This course offered a comprehensive introduction to Azure’s serverless architecture, and I came away with valuable insights […]
I’m thrilled to share the launch of a new website for an exciting project I’ve been working on – THE NBDBKP. This isn’t just any website; it’s the online hub for an internet-based 3D/VR project that pushes the boundaries of digital art and art perception in netbased virtual reality. THE NBDBKP describes itself as:A DISSIDENT […]
On April 20th and 21st, 2023 i was guest at Museum Folkwang with a lecture about my work at the intersection of art, cybernetics and technology. The occasion was the conference ‚New Landscapes NFTs and the Museum‘, which took place alongside the opening of Rafaël Rozendaal’s show ‚Color, Code, Communication‘ . The 2-day symposium NEW […]
I’m pleased to announce the launch of hansulrichreck.de, a project I’ve recently completed using KirbyCMS. As one of my first ventures into working with Kirby, it was an enjoyable challenge to dive into the intricacies of the CMS, explore its theme structures, and experiment with various plugins. The process was both educational and rewarding, and […]
Hey art lovers and curious minds, I’m excited to announce my participation in the prestigious exhibition DIE GROSSE in Düsseldorf! This year, I’ll be presenting a brand new, never-before-seen Postinternet Minimal Art installation. It’s a unique blend of minimalism and the digital age that you should not miss IRL. Anyway, if you cant make it […]
I’m excited to share that I recently completed and successfully passed the certification course titled Programming with Google Go. This course has been a fantastic experience, and I highly recommend it, even for seasoned Go developers looking to deepen their knowledge and expertise. The course covers a wide range of topics, providing both foundational knowledge […]
May 24, 2024 – June 21, 2024Location: Galerie Falko Alexander in Cologne, Cologne The exhibition “WESTERN GODS” by Florian Kuhlmann and Dennis Rudolph addresses the role of Western culture in the digital era and the merging of reality and virtuality. The artists explore the idea of “Western Gods” as digital manifestations and reflections of a […]
I’m excited to announce the successful launch of the new online shop for the nationwide wine retailer, Jacques’ Weindepot. This project has been a significant part of my journey over the past two years, where I worked as a freelancer in collaboration with the fantastic team at ACB Studio. As part of this project, I […]
„Die Poesie der Blockchain“ ist eine Kunstausstellung die vom 26.10.2023 bis zum 23.02.2024 im internationalen SAP-Schulungszentrum in Walldorf stattfindet. In einer Welt, die von ständigem Wandel und digitaler Transformation geprägt ist, eröffnet die Gruppenaustellung den Besuchern eine Möglichkeit, die tiefgreifende Veränderung zu erforschen, die die Blockchain in Kunst und Kultur bringt. Hier verschmelzen die Welten […]
Festival with temporary installations, performance, participation Opening at Lichthof am Kunstraum LABORFr 22/09 – 18.30 Uhrhttps://www.kunstbasis.koeln/ The KUNST BASIS EBERTPLATZ is a festival for art in public spaces that took place for the first time in 2017 at Ebertplatz. At that time, the discourse between UNORT/KUNSTBASIS/DENKMAL took place around questions about the urban planning, urban, sociological and cultural […]
A 3-step-drop of a NFT-Multiple, that consists of 3 individual but interconnected NFTs. Its a journey through different states of mind and the corresponding digital enhanced realities.
I am pleased and honored to share some exciting news regarding my artistic work: The Kunsthaus Korneli Münster has acquired my conceptual art piece titled “WELL THE INTERNET TOLD ME IT WAS OK” through the State of NRW’s funding program. The work, which is an immaterial piece, consists of the phrase itself and explores themes […]
NFTs oder die Kunst, den Markt neu zu denken Thementag am Dienstag, 14. Juni 2022 Das Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft (KomKuK) der Wirtschaftsförderung Düsseldorf lud zum Thementag ins NRW-Forum Düsseldorf ein. Einen ganzen Tag lang drehte sich hier alles um die Frage, was hinter der Aufregung um „Non-Fungible Tokens“ (NFTs) steckt. Was genau ist unter […]
„Davon, wie so etwas in Zeiten einer von Sprachassistenzsystemen, intelligenten Haushaltsgeräten und eigens zugeschnittenen Filterblasen usurpierten Alltagsroutine aussehen kann, lässt sich sich dieser Tage in der kürzlich am Fürstenwall eröffneten Galerie Wundersee ein vielgestaltiger Eindruck verschaffen; vielgestaltig zunächst insofern, als dass sich hier, genauer gesagt in den ehemaligen Räumlichkeiten einer alten Apotheke, mit Werken von […]
Zu Gast im Metaverse Podcast des kölner Journalisten Thomas Riedel aka Droidboy. Am Beispiel meiner mittlerweile mehr als 10 Jahre zurück liegenden Experimente mit virtuellen Welten, hybriden Happenings und Ausstellungsinstallationen auf der secondlife Plattform sprachen wie über Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und mögliche Zukunft des Metaverse. Wir sprechen über die folgenden drei Projekte die ich von 2006 […]
Es war an der Zeit für einen Relaunch.Was bisher geschah, darüber gibt es hier einen Überblick:https://floriankuhlmann.com/WORK_2015-2021.php
