The Great Lock In of 2026
What late-stage Influencer culture tells us about the real threat of an AI-Industrial Complex or how internet slang could save the world
PUNCTR ART
A Micro-publication by Artist & Theorist, Jak Ritger
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How Political Crisis Shapes Romania's Art Scene [ director's cut ]
Director's cut of RAD Art Fair coverage for Ocula Magazine, published May 22, 2026 The following is my director's cut version of a recently published piece for Ocula Magazine, it includes deleted scenes, making of and off screen action complete with un-fact-checked takes and
Paul Laffoley, The Kitsch Barrier and Abnormcore
Corralling the prescient work of artist and architect Paul Laffoley into the present day, puncturing kitsch barrier and diving deep into the world of abnormcore.
Man-made Horrors Beyond Comprehension
Exhibition at Pharmakon dives deep into the prophetic work of David Dees.
2025 Revirtualized
De-wrapped and unbundled. Looking back at all the adventures I got into this past year. Cheers to more explorations in 2026.
Punctr Art Live - EP01: New Decay w/ Kay Kasparhauser
New podcast of live artist talks! - EP.01 dives into the death and decomposition of Kay's debut solo at Entrance Gallery, up till March 15
[Video + Documentation] Artwork in "Another Dimension" at FR MoCA
Recently published artist talk / walk-through video for my installation at FR MoCA's Another Dimension group show last summer. Watch now on the newly launched museum Youtube.
Press Release for New Decay by Kay Kasparhauser
Entrance Gallery - February 13 to March 15, 2025 48 Ludlow Street, Lower Level Gallery, New York. NY, 10002 Gallery Opening - February 13, 6-9pm Artist Talk / Walk-through with Jak Ritger - February 16, 2-3:30pm If Decay is the architect of the wall between life and death, what else
[Book Launch] Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia - Jan 17
I am joining author Mike Pepi to discuss his incisive new book that uncovers the ideology embedded in the rise of platform capitalism.
AI-Generated Fake War Images Passed Off as Real
Images depicting war-torn Ukraine are being generated by AI services, sold on stock photo websites and used in media coverage of the conflict.
Realism Continuum
An attempt at plotting the history of painting and mathematics in relation to the technologies of capture in a one unified model.
Press Release for HOAX by Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet
ASFT conjoined dual album on PAN is out today.
Origin of the Crisis Actor
A byproduct of the cold war strategy of tension still haunts us today.
ANOTHER DIMENSION opens in Fall River
Last Friday, I unveiled a new series of site-specific vinyl installation at Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art.
DIIV: Raining On Your Pillow - Video Out Today
behind the slomo: an uncompressed look into the ideas and production of new experimental film for the band, DIIV