Spike #87
Spike is an independent art magazine, digital platform, and event space in Berlin run by artist Rita Vitorelli. Unconventional and unexpected, Spike chronicles the urgent and the forever in cultural criticism. Spike is pushy and poetic, known for blending provocative and rigorous writing.
In this issue: Everything's Computer
Issue #87 confronts the absence of distinction between "real life" vs life online. Why shouldn't art reflect the furious, melancholic, psychedelic sensation of being permanently logged on? Highlights include portraits of Ann Hirsch and Anan Fries, a primer on internet cinema with Dana Dawud, Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillop on whe contemporary capital no longer need shumans to thrive, Are Memes Dead? With Dena Yago, and What Are Images Now? with Gideon Jacobs. Plus Spike's new lifestyle section, “LIFEMAXXING”
Berlin, Germany, 22x28cm, 160 pages, Spring 2026, Quarterly