Cryptogramme is running from November 7 to December 5, 2024, at the artist-run space Komplot in Brussels, Belgium. This exhibition features five emerging artists from Liechtenstein, Germany, and Ukraine, whose work spans from media art to sculpture and painting.

 
Cryptogramme
Artists: Sarah Neumann, Tom König, Suzie Callisz, Maria Margolina, Jakob Floess, Maxim Tur
7 November - 5 December, 2024
Curated by Jakob Floess & Maria Margolina
Komplot, Brussels

Derived from the Greek root „κρυπτός,“ meaning „hidden“ or „concealed,“ κρυπτός encapsulates the idea of veiling information, actions, or intentions from public scrutiny. In the context of contemporary politics, this term resonates with a complexity that mirrors the intricacies of power dynamics, manipulation, and the subtle art of control. Governments, institutions, and individuals often engage in a delicate balancing act, choosing what to reveal and what to keep shrouded in secrecy. In Cryptogramme six positions converge as a collectivly code consisting of pictorial, sculptural and acoustic hash functions. Similar to the function of a scytale, a acient encyrption tool consisting of a cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which is written a message, every position within the Crypto-gramme deals with the en- and decryption of information.
Cryptogramme transcends its utilitarian role as a means of securing information. It emerges as a complex semiotic/ pictorial tool of countermeasure, generating a collective code, deconstructing binary oppositions, and fostering new networks of knowledge.