benandsebastian are exhibiting Department of Voids as a new, site-specific installation in Rudoph Schindler’s study at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture as part of the Autonomous Design exhibition from 1st of May – 12th of September 2021.
Since its founding in 1994, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House has been making a unique contribution to the artistic and cultural landscape of Los Angeles. Unique in its role as a constellation of historic architectural sites and contemporary exhibition spaces, the MAK Center develops local, national, and international projects exploring the intersection of art and architecture.
benandsebastian published in the MIT journal ‘Thresholds’
benandsebastian are part of MIT’s newly released Thresholds 48: KIN.
Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture.
benandsebastian on Louisiana Channel
benandsebastian were interviewed by the Louisiana Channel in connection to the Museum of Nothing.
Louisiana Channel is a non-profit website based at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
benandsebastian have installed a large new permanent artwork in the main reading room of the former city library of Aarhus, Denmark, which the Court of Aarhus has taken on as its new premise. The artwork, Tavse Parter (Silent Parties), focuses on mute participants in legal history—animals and robots that are spoken for in courts of law because they do not have a voice of their own.
The Court of Aarhus has taken over the former city library created by architect Hack Kampmann and artist Hans Reistrup between 1898-1902. The Silent Parties installation is in former library’s reading room at Vester Allé 12, 8000 Aarhus C, open Mon-Fri 08:30-15:00.
Department of Voids, the book
Department of Voids is accompanied by a book, which is available at Kunsthal Charlottenborg , DAC, and at Butikken Art & Books in Copenhagen, or online via Kerber Verlag (see links below).
Department of Voids is accompanied by a book with essays by Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch, Michael Marder, Ursula K. Le Guin and twelve museum directors and specialists.
benandsebastian attended an artist residency at Delfina Foundation in London in November and December 2019, with support from the Danish Arts Foundation . During their residency at Delfina, benandsebastian pursued research, crossing the fields of law, cybernetics and biology, associated with the creation of a new public artwork in the Court of Aarhus, Denmark.
Delfina Foundation is an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming.
benandsebastian’s ‘Department of Voids’ has been part of the exhibition ‘Where We Stand Now—In Order to Map the Future’ at the 21st Century Museum of Art in Kanazawa, Japan. The work is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa is a museum of contemporary art located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
benandsebastian have installed a new permanent installation at the Niels Bohr Building, part of the University of Copenhagen’s new science park.
The Niels Bohr Building includes research and education activities for the Faculty of Science and the Niels Bohr Institute at The University of Copenhagen. It will be located in the University Park, as a part of North Campus, Copenhagen.
benandsebastian on Instagram
Follow benandsebastian’s Friday Morning desktops by clicking the link to instagram below.
Friday Morning Desktops are a collection of screenshots taken on benandsebastian’s computer screen on Friday mornings.
