DAWN COMES AFTER DARKNESS
2025
SOLO EXHIBITION
MØSTINGS, FREDERIKSBERG (DK)
DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
2-CHANNEL SOUND COMPOSITION, STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, COPPER, ALUMINUM, OAK, SMOKED OAK, MISCELLANEOUS WOOD, BURNED WOOD, SHUNGITE STONE, ROSE QUARTZ, CARNELIAN STONE, GREEN FLUORITE, CHRYSOCOLLA STONE, GRANITE, MISCELLANEOUS STONES, SALT, AMETHYST, CUBIC SANDSTONE FROM OUR SAVIOUR'S CHURCH (COPENHAGEN), FRESHWATER PEARLS, VETIVER ESSENTIAL OIL, TARRAGON ESSENTIAL OIL, BERGAMOT ESSENTIAL OIL, VASELINE OIL, VASELINE BALM, TAR, GLASS, URANIUM GLASS, GLASS DILDO, HUMAN HAIR, HORSE HAIR, LEATHER, NATURAL RUBBER, CIRCULAR SAW BLADE, INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS, ELECTRICAL CABLES, UV-LAMPS, BUOY, ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES, TRANSPARENT LABORATORY TUBING, SILVER FULMINATE (BANG SNAP GRAINS)
AUDIO COMPOSITION DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH C. LAVENDER
In contemporary society, the body is often perceived as a unit that must be optimized and controlled as a condition for a long, successful life. However, bodies are driven by both vulnerability and strength, simultaneously. Our physical and mental health are closely intertwined and influenced by everything around us, from climate, people, and societal structures to diet, materials, and aesthetics. The body is in a constant state of transformation; it ages, falls ill, is affected, and changes character.
Dawn breaks after darkness, darkness follows light, in pain we seek relief. The title Dawn Comes After Darkness reflects a dynamic approach to the body and health. The body’s innate drive to maintain balance and restore equilibrium is known as homeostasis: the human body automatically regulates temperature, blood pressure, and fluid balance through the nervous system and hormones. However, the body is far more than a mechanical, stable system. The artworks in Dawn Comes After Darkness focus on the experience of being a body – of inhabiting, carrying, and losing control over it. The exploration of the intersections between pleasure and pain, and the numerous contradictory, yet coexisting, emotions and processes we all hold, is the driving force behind the artistic research. The materials take centre stage, they are charged with meaning and symbolism. With surgical precision and poetic force, the exhibition highlights how physical materials affect the body and mind. A materiality that both attracts and disturbs, fascinates and overwhelms, is soft and cool, creating an aesthetic and tactile sensory experience.
