oh, what grand megastructures shining beacons of modernity fade swiftly into naivety, they were never meant to exist to begin with, their ruins will never crumble under the dying sun, only paperclipped documents and dusty binders contain collective delusion, consider instead: software serfdom antivirus wheat field accelerated vassalage, content is generated from the past as the future empties out

MATHIAS WESTBROOK


Liturgy of Sacred Circuits

2025
Solo show
Ping-Pong Cellar, Danish Academy of Fine Arts



Infinite Wetlands
Video game playing on stationary PC, single-channel projection with sound, custom-printed shower curtain (altered Flammarion engraving, unknown artist, est. 1888), synthetic quilt, metal chains

Installation shot. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Installation shot. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær


Detail from Infinite Wetlands physical installation, Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Circle of Circuitry, crystal salt, self-adhesive foil, various electronic components. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Detail of Circle of Circuitry, Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Motionless Dowsing, wooden dowsing rod, PLA 3D-print, acrylic, copper cables, PCB-antenna from a Wifi-Router. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Detail of Motionless Dowsing, Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Detail of Motionless Dowsing, Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

A Small Assortment of Major and Minor Arcana, digital print on metallic cardstock. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær


A Small Assortment of Major and Minor Arcana, digital print on metallic cardstock. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

A Small Assortment of Major and Minor Arcana, digital print on metallic cardstock. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

Installation shot. Photograph: Pernille Emilia Kjær

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