RAGE BAIT // EVA & FRANCO MATTES
6 May - 30 June, 2026

Eva & Franco Mattes. RAGE BAIT
Artists: Eva & Franco Mattes
Curators: Nadim Samman & Luisa Haustein
Organised by: Autotelic Foundation
Palazzo Franchetti (6 May - 30 June, 2026)
Open from Wednesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays | Free admittance
11 am - 7 pm
Le Cabanon (6 May - 31 May, 2026)
Open from Wednesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays | Free admittance, by registration
12 pm - 6 pm
Palazzo Franchetti, Fondamenta Narisi 2847, 30124 - Google maps link
Le Cabanon, Campo del Santissimo, Giudecca 193/A - Google maps link
Website: autotelic-foundation.org
The exhibition title is derived from the internet slang term ‘rage bait’: content engineered to provoke outrage, hijack attention, or extract a visceral emotional response before reason can intervene. Spanning installation, video, and generative AI, the show explores how rage bait is the logical—often inevitable—endpoint of platforms optimised for user engagement.
Eva & Franco Mattes have spent over twenty years tracking the lacunae of networked life and have been influential on two successive generations of artists exploring the cultural impacts of digital change in Europe and the US. This exhibition extends their focus on tensions between the polished surface of online content and its murky ethical depths.
(1.) Eva & Franco Mattes, Photo by Melania Dalle Grave for DSL Studio
(2-5.) Melania Dalle Grave, Perottino-Piva-Castellano-Bergadano, AI Generated Image, Video still
(6-7.) AI Generated Images






