Francis Hunger combines artistic research and media theory with the possibilities of storytelling in his practice. In the exhibition Robotron. Code and Utopia, he presents his work Statistical Hypnagogia, which explores how bureaucracy, statistics and computer technology shaped everyday administration in the GDR. As a Robotron expert, his research focuses on topics such as software development in the GDR.
Jan Wenzel is an author and publisher at Spector Books. As co-curator of Robotron. Code and Utopia, he has written an essay for the exhibition space that traces the connections between geopolitics and global markets and challenges conventional ideas that have solidified in the narrative of a “socialist” past.