HEK is closed for exhibition installation.
Exhibition
28.08.25.10.2026

«Life is not binary. That’s why I’m hesitant to call this ‹alive›. There’s no clear line, as much as we would love it to be.» — Kate Adamala, Synthetic Biologist

For three months, Casey Reas will inhabit virtual.hek.ch as a remote studio, creating a new sketch for an artwork each week. Every Friday, he will create a small watercolor painting and then translate it into a score for his software agents to move through a synthetic environment. This work is an extension of his Process Series 2004–2010. It pushes his ideas about ecology and emergence into new territory.

Artists: Casey Reas
Curators: Sabine Himmelsbach