Preview of 'Net Evil' project: seven deadly sins reimagined as digital artworks, with presale and launch details for August 26 on Feral File.

Artwork: still image of Curse Reversed (GIF), by Lorna Mills.Opening August 26, Feral File is thrilled to announce Net Evil, a group exhibition curated by Mackenzie Davenport. Seven artists take on the Seven Deadly Sins through the lens of the internet—a world wide web where temptation is just a click away.This newsletter offers a first look at the exhibition: previews of each artwork, details on the presale and online collecting, plus information about our launch talk with programming partner Rhizome, which will coincide with the exhibition opening.Our last exhibition, Console Spirituality, explored how video games—their logics, aesthetics, and immersive worlds—shape identity and connection. Net Evil zooms out to consider the broader networked present, looking not at a single medium or genre but at the internet as a whole.The Seven Deadly Sins, rooted in religious tradition, evolved over centuries as a way of naming and categorizing human temptation. Three decades into the internet era, the web has become our dominant arena for communication, learning, and expression. Yet beneath its immense utility run familiar undercurrents—vanity, manipulation, excess—echoing ancient vices across the digital sphere at scale.Net Evil brings together seven artists to examine how these sins persist and mutate within digital culture.Lorna Mills, Diatriber (Wrath)In Diatriber, Lorna Mills reworks found footage of weapons testing on ballistic gel dummies, meticulously sculpting each frame into her signature GIF style. Bursts of blood, gel, and fake bone explode across high-contrast backdrops, transforming violent demonstrations into frenetic digital collages. Described by the artist as a “giant temper tantrum,” the work pulls viewers into its chaotic spectacle of wrath. The series includes 7 GIFs, each released in an edition of 10, available to collect for 0.15 ETH each.Dadabots, Phat Phonk (Gluttony)For Phat Phonk, Dadabots has generated a 50-part mixtape in the hip-hop subgenre Phon