The Dark Matter video is a digital animation. Based on the idea of the hypothetical 'dark matter' mass, an invisible component of the physical universe which has not yet been confirmed, the existence of a kind of 'digital matter' is pretended. The 6 min video loop shows a primordial soup of colourful structures in constant transformation, which are entirely generated by shader algorithms and 3D rendered.
Even though they seem to be based on microscopical material, or on telescopic views on distant galaxies, these images cannot be related to a non-ambiguous, real-world origin. The impression of a creation in process is captivating; beautiful on the one hand but disconcerting at the same time for the strangeness of its weirdly amorphous surfaces.

Monica Studer (*1960) and Christoph van den Berg (*1962) have been working as an artistic duo in the field of computer art since the early 1990s. They are pioneers of Internet art in Switzerland and are also known for their installational works and large-scale, rich prints, which often merge digital and analogue spaces into immersive, sometimes interactive visual inventions. Their career is marked by extensive international exhibition activity as well as numerous residencies and awards, including the PAX Art Award for Swiss Media Art in 2020. For several years now, their work has focused on questions of digital truth production through artificial intelligence.