SUPERFLEX, Hold Your Tongue, 2024, LED letters, aluminum structure, 37.5 x 146 x 8 cm, Courtesy of the artists and Kukje Gallery. Photo: Chunho An. Image provided by Kukje GalleryKukje Gallery presents “Fish & Chips,” a solo exhibition of works by the Danish artist group SUPERFLEX, on view in the gallery’s K1 and K3 spaces through July 28.
Featuring a variety of media encompassing paintings, sculptures, LED signs, and interactive animation, the exhibition illuminates the artists’ practice exploring the intersections of the climate crisis and economic corruption, as well as their speculative vision of interspecies relations as a potential solution to the global challenges facing humanity.
Taking as their point of departure the stated aim of challenging the dominance of economics, SUPERFLEX has developed artistic projects emphasizing the power of collectivity to creatively intervene in issues rooted in social, cultural, and political contexts.
Expanding upon this interest, their recent projects have engaged with discourses revolving around the “end” and attendant “futures” brought on by the catastrophic effects of climate change. Pivoting from an “end” to a “future,” this exhibition traces the contours of the economic and ecological terrains that frame the artists’ vision of alternative futures that might arise in moments of crises.
This is also encapsulated in the exhibition’s title, “Fish & Chips,” which is a humorous combination of two motifs highlighted in the exhibition: underwater life (fish) and techno-economic transactions (microchips). Initiating a range of encounters between human and more-than-human agents, the artists provide a glimpse into their imaginary, populated by fluid ecologies as models of resistance and resilience.
