Group Shows - Galleri Nils Stærk

Superflex 'One Two Three Swing!' in Desert X AlUla

One Two Three Swing! is a part of the Desert X AlUla from 31st January until 7th March 2020.

Desert X AlUla is organised collaboratively by Desert X and the Royal Commission of AlUla (RCU), the exhibition takes place in the desert of AlUla, an ancient oasis in Saudi Arabia. It is the first site-reponsive exhibition of its kind in Saudi Arabia. The exhibition is a cross-cultural dialogue between artists from Saudi Arabia and its surrounding region and artists from previous iterations of Desert X in California, taking its cues from the extraordinary landscape and historical significance of AlUla.

One Two Three Swing!

To exist in a global economy is to be in constant swing; periods of intense flux are interrupted by moments of sudden paralysis. These movements are causal, and capital connects us all, for better or worse. But perhaps we can harness this movement ourselves. Comprised of several sets of three-seated swings conjoined by a zig-zagging orange support, One Two Three Swing! invites its users to activate the socially transformative potential of collective movement, challenging society’s apathy towards the political, environmental and economic crises of our age. The multi-user swing acts as a human- powered pendulum, converting energy into movement that is almost flight: rocking, moving, propelling backward and forward with increasing momentum in a process of ever shifting equilibrium and play.

The swing’s users must utilize the forces of gravity through coordinated pushings and pullings, until everyone moves into full swing together. In this playful moment, the potential energy of group movement is released. Perhaps it is possible, then, to shift the impact of our collective action to achieve a different kind of global momentum, and utilize the act of swinging together as a means of social and political transformation. First installed at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall in 2017, various site-specific installations of the swing-set continue to be created on a great diversity of contexts, such as AlUla in Saudi Arabia, the DMZ area in South Korea and Vordingborg in Denmark. The color-scheme of the swings themselves represents the specific colors of the national currency of the country in which the swings are installed. Over time, the work will evolve as the orange support continues to grow and new swings are added into the wider world.

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Torbjørn Rødland is a part of 'New Visions' at The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New media, Norway

21st Feb - 16th May 2020

'The inaugural Triennial for Photography and New Media at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Norway will bring together recent work of 31 international artists. It will be the first major international presentation of its kind in Norway and will fill all three gallery spaces of the ground floor at the museum.

The inaugural edition foregrounds practices that acknowledge the fluctuating and networked condition of contemporary photography and society more generally, while also articulating a keen sensitivity towards the history of photography and art. Abstraction, digital and manual collage, new configurations of still life and the human body are key tendencies. The works on view are produced within the last three years and several are exhibited for the first time.

The first edition is titled New Visions, referring to the program for a New Vision developed by László Moholy-Nagy in the interwar period, and that greatly impacted experimental photography throughout the 20th-century.' - Heine Onstad Kunstsenter

Details:
Torbjørn Rødland
Horse and Broom, 2019
Chromogenic print, Kodak Endura paper
80 x 105 cm Image dimensions

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Mads Gamdrup is a part of the group exhibition 'Grønningen 2020' at Den Frie

Mads Gamdrup is a part of the group exhibition 'Grønningen 2020' at Den Frie until 16.02.2020

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Jone Kvie is part of a group exhibition at Herman Noack, Berlin with Jimmie Durham & Per Dybvig

Jone Kvie is part of a group exhibition at Herman Noack, Berlin with Jimmie Durham & Per Dybvig.

The exhibition is running from 16.11.2019 - 13.03.2020.

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Mads Gamdrup at Sala de Exposiciones, Faro Vilán, Camariñas, Galicien, Spain

Mads Gamdrup is a part of the exhibition 'The Expanded Area' at Sala de Exposiciones, Faro Vilán, Camariñas, Galicien, Spain together with Nils Viga Hausken. ⁠

The exhibition will run from ⁠October 6 - October 30, 2019.⁠

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SUPERFLEX will be participating in the group exhibition 'Living in the Present Future' at Bornholms Kunstmuseum

SUPERFLEX will be participating in the group exhibition 'Living in the Present Future' at Bornholms Kunstmuseum.

Created in collaboration with the National Museum in Stettin, Poland, the exhibition will feature a wide range of both Polish and Danish contemporary art.⁠

The exhibition focuses on what it means to be human in both the present and future. We live in a time when the influence of human civilization on the Earth is so significant that it has been identified as geological epoch called the Anthropocene, meaning ‘the time of man’. Now, we may be transitioning away from this ‘time of man’ and into a new epoch, wherein the boundaries between the environment, humans, and technology are increasingly challenged, and their relationships rapidly hybridising.⁠

SUPERFLEX will be participating in the exhibition with their work We Are All In The Same Boat. Presenting the familiar phrase as an LED light sign reminiscient of a commercial billboard, the work invites the viewer to reflect upon our present role in a world of escalating climate change and an apocalyptic human future while imagining a future world of lively, diverse and perhaps even humanlike lifeforms.⁠

The exhibition will run from 06.10.2019 - 05.01.2020

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Tove Storch is a part of the group exhibition 'The Collection (1), Highlights for a Future' at SMAK

Tove Storch is a part of the group exhibition 'The Collection (1), Highlights for a Future' at SMAK with her work 'Untitled' (2011).

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SUPERFLEX are a part of the long running exhibition 'Being Human' at the Wellcome Collection, London, UK.

SUPERFLEX are a part of the long running exhibition 'Being Human' at the Wellcome Collection, London, UK with their work 'Flooded McDonald' (2009)

'Flooded McDonald's is a short film work in which a convincing life-size replica of a McDonald's burger bar gradually floods with water. Furniture is lifted up by the water, trays of food and drinks start to float around, electrics short circuit and eventually the space is completely submerged. The film is devoid of exaggerated disaster-film drama and intentionally resists categorisation as a documentary or as an art film. Flooded McDonald's hints at the consumer-driven power and influence and impotence of large multinational companies in the face of climate change, questioning with whom ultimate responsibility lies. Flooded McDonalds was first exhibited at South London Gallery in 2009.' - SUPERFLEX

The exhibition runs from 05.09.2019 - 30.09.2021

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