External Writings — Texts by Others
Every ingested text in the archive written by someone other than Harm van den Dorpel, with the wiki page that reads it. His own statements and essays (Field, IOU, Tokenizing Sustainability, Venster, Loomer, the Strategies and Markov's Dream texts, the Entfaltung drawings statement) are not listed.
Press releases and exhibition texts
| Text | Written by | Occasion | Year | Wiki page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release early, release often… | unsigned; show organised by Karen Archey | Abrons Arts Center, New York | 2013 | Release Early, Release Often |
| Just-in-Time | Jaakko Pallasvuo | American Medium, Brooklyn | 2015 | Just-in-Time |
| Context Switch — curatorial essay | Nora Enning | Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin | 2022 | Context Switch |
| Struggle for Pleasure | William Kherbek, from a conversation with the artist; curated by Leyla Fakhr | Verse SOLOS, London | 2024 | Struggle for Pleasure |
| Quantizer — exhibition text | Verse SOLOS | Verse SOLOS, London | 2025 | Quantizer |
| Senescenence — press release | Interface Gallery and Nguyen Wahed | Nguyen Wahed, New York | 2026 | Senescenence |
| Stained Unravel — draft text | unsigned draft, April 2026; several sentences reused by Margit Rosen and in Magicians Conceal, Artists Reveal | Senescenence, Interface Gallery with Nguyen Wahed, New York | 2026 | Process Legibility |
| Stained Unravel (Blockade), with Herbert W. Franke | Margit Rosen | Vectors (VO26 Special), Various Others, Apple Munich | 2026 | Vectors |
| Judgment and Calculation | Qin Yan, curator (June draft) | frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin | 2026 | Judgment and Calculation |
Reviews and essays
| Text | Written by | Published | Year | Wiki page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harm van den Dorpel's Subdued Iconoclasm | ZORA ZINE staff | ZORA ZINE, 20 December | 2021 | Subdued Iconoclasm |
| Context Switch — review | Adina Glickstein | Artforum, Critics' Picks, November | 2022 | Context Switch |
| Beautiful Rules | Brian Droitcour | Outland, 25 November | 2025 | Protocol, Taste, and Systems |
| hello world by qubibi | Giannis Sourdis | Automat Research | 2026 | qubibi, hello world |
| Magicians Conceal, Artists Reveal | attributed by the artist to Frans Oosterhof, his art-school teacher and mentor; reuses sentences of the 2026 Stained Unravel draft; no date or venue | — | — | Art vs. Magic |
The hello world text is about the Japanese artist qubibi; the wiki reads it alongside this practice.
Interviews and conversations
Conversations in which van den Dorpel takes part, or is discussed, conducted or hosted by others.
| Text | Interlocutor or host | Where | Year | Wiki page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codec Breeze — conversation with the artist's parents | his parents; filmed for Lernert & Sander's How to Explain It to My Parents | video | 2009 | Codec Breeze |
| Performing Music with Visuals (Lexachast fragment) | Ableton (editorial feature) | Ableton blog, 5 September | 2017 | Lexachast |
| A 3.5-billion-year-old technology | Julian F. Miller, interviewed by van den Dorpel | harm.work, 7 May | 2021 | The Miller interview |
| Harm van den Dorpel & Jenna Sutela | Jenna Sutela; moderated by Brian Droitcour | Outland, December | 2021 | Outland conversation |
| The Squircle of Life | Tina Rivers Ryan | Spike #70 (Winter 2021/22) | 2021/22 | The Squircle of Life |
| Surf Clubs (2003–) | Charles Broskoski and Constant Dullaart in conversation | Spike #70 (Winter 2021/22) | 2021/22 | Surf Clubs |
| Twitter Spaces — Struggle for Pleasure | Nico Epstein and Leyla Fakhr | Verse | 2024 | Verse interview |
| Mandala Q&A | Goro Murayama (questions) | Cloud Writings, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo | 2026 | Mandala Q&A |
The Miller interview is written by van den Dorpel as interviewer; its substance is Miller's, which is why it is listed here.
Reference texts
Theory and criticism ingested as source material for the wiki's readings.
| Text | Author | Year | Wiki pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Grids", October 9 | Rosalind Krauss | 1979 | The Grid, Does a Work Still Need to Be New? |
| Politiken der Innerlichkeit, MA thesis on Emma Kunz | Anna Kipke | 2021 | The Grid, Does a Work Still Need to Be New? |
| "Interactional foundations for critical AI literacies", preprint | Mark Dingemanse | 2026 | Does a Work Still Need to Be New? |
| What Is Love? (extract) | Jiddu Krishnamurti | — | Love |
| Hellraiser, Bataille and Limit Experiences, video | Jonas Čeika (CCK Philosophy) | 2018 | Limit Experience, Love |
See also
- Works Overview — the catalogue of works and exhibitions these texts discuss