Mixed Feelings — exhibition text (Upstream Gallery, 2023)

Exhibition page of Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, read on 7 November 2026 at upstreamgallery.nl/exhibitions/234/mixed-feelings. Transcribed verbatim. The artist announced the show on harm.work as Mixed Feelings. The wiki reads it on Mixed Feelings (Upstream Gallery, 2023).

Mixed Feelings
Frank Ammerlaan, Marc Bijl, Kévin Bray, Harm van den Dorpel, Mandy Franca, David Haines, Auriea Harvey, Jen Liu, Noor Nuyten, Ronald Ophuis and Tabor Robak
Amsterdam, 1 Jul - 5 Aug '23
opening: 1 july, 17.00 - 19.30

Upstream Gallery is proud to present Mixed Feelings, a group exhibition featuring the new developments in the work of several artists* who explore, in various materials and techniques, the ambiguous attitude one can harbor towards technological advancements.

In a fast changing world, progression and regression go hand in hand. Where some of the artists in this exhibition explore the endless possibilities that new technologies bring, like AI and NFT, and celebrate those progressions, others are emphasizing the flipside of these developments. Think of the increasing alienation between humans and the natural world and the resulting climate crisis, exploitation in industrial labor, and digital exhaustion.

This exhibition invites you to explore the multi–dimensional and often contradictory experiences that arise from our relationship with technology, encouraging one to reflect and re-evaluate the meaning of human connection in the digital age.

*Works by: Frank Ammerlaan, Marc Bijl, Kévin Bray, Harm van den Dorpel, Mandy Franca, David Haines, Auriea Harvey, Jen Liu, Noor Nuyten, Ronald Ophuis and Tabor Robak

Image #1: Nuke, Tabor Robak (2023)
Image #2 Less they touch the ground and more they decide for it, Kévin Bray (2023)
Image #3 Signal, David Haines (2023)

Mixed Feelings | Group exhibition
OPENING: 1 July 17.00 - 19.30 hrs.
1 July - 5 August 2023
Kloveniersburgwal 95, Amsterdam

The artist's announcement (harm.work, 26 June 2023)

I'll be participating in the summer group exhibition "Mixed Feelings" at Upstream Gallery Amsterdam, opening Saturday July 1st, 17:00 - 19:30.

With work by Frank Ammerlaan, Marc Bijl, Kévin Bray, Harm van den Dorpel, Mandy Franca, David Haines, Auriea Harvey, Jen Liu, Noor Nuyten, Ronald Ophuis and Tabor Robak.

Upstream Gallery's artist page

The gallery's page for Harm van den Dorpel (upstreamgallery.nl/artists/45/harm-van-den-dorpel) captions one photograph "NFT Maschine7 (2023) installed at group exhibition Mixed Feelings" and two others "Screenshot NFT Maschine5 (2023)" and "Screenshot NFT Maschine7 (2023)".