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Department of Voids opens at MAK Center, Los Angeles

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.

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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.

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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.

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Silent Parties at the Court of Aarhus

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. Images to follow soon.

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.

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.

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Residency at Delfina Foundation

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.

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