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Waiting For Death Like Turtles In The Sun
Behzad Dehno, Isolde Berkqvist, Jost Maltha Müller, Lewis Henderson, Silja Beck
Opening Thursday 25th, April, 2024 | 6-10pm
26th April - 29th April, 2024

We are pleased to announce a show of new works by five Stockholm based artists; Lewis Henderson (b.1993 UK), Jost Maltha Müller (b.1995 Denmark), Silja Beck (b.1996 Germany), Behzad Dehno (b.1993 Denmark) and Isolde Berkqvist (b.1995 Sweden). Each of the five artists in this exhibition use their practices to try to make sense of the chaotic reality of our current moment; looking for beauty in the absurd nature of Being and meaning in the things they make. The exhibition’s title comes from a quote in the 1984 BBC documentary The Mayor of Montemilone - a film about a small Italian town and its communist mayor; “they just sit there, waiting for death like turtles in the sun.”

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Lewis Henderson (b.1993 London, UK) lives and works in Stockholm (SE). His work looks at our relationship to technology and propensity towards techno-mysticism. Lewis is interested in the functions we give to things and how that affects our thinking. Graduating from Camberwell College Of The Arts (UK) in 2015, Lewis is currently studying an MA at the Royal Institute Of Art in Stockholm (SE). Recent exhibitions include: Staffage, Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT). Life Hacks, BQ, Berlin (DE). Off-Grid, as part of Compiler’s ‘The Wrong’ - New Digital Art Biennale, Tate Britain, London (UK). Slap Dash For No Cash, The Old Newington Library, London (UK). The Unlimited Dream Company, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (UK).

Jost Maltha Müller (b.1995 Denmark) lives and works in Stockholm (SE). Interested in our complex history of recognising and decoding symbolic gestures in nature, defining the way we relate to our position in the world and project meaning onto it. Jost is currently studying an MA at the Royal Institute Of Art in Stockholm (SE).

Silja Beck (b.1996 Wasserburg am Inn, Germany) is interested in social processes as a performative space. In this context, conversation becomes an important medium, listening her main practice. Since 2018 she is part of the sound collective Dynamische Akustische Forschung (dynamic acoustic research). Silja studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (Art Education), the Haute École des Arts du Rhin (Storytelling), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Site-Specific Art). She is currently studying an MA at the Royal Institute of Art Stockholm (SE). Recent exhibitions/performances include: State and Nature, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (DE), Sonic Synchronicity, Lenbachhaus München (DE), The Sound of Distance, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin (DE), Reader 3, Tiny Mutual Admiration Societies Vienna (AT), Collaborative Open Studio, Kuma Gallery Seoul (KR), I guess I need you Baby, Criminal Justice Center Nuremberg (DE).

Behzad Dehno (b. 1993, Aarhus, Denmark) is a transnational artist, currently based between Geneva (CH) and Stockholm (SE). Behzad explores the imaginary in his artistic practice. He works with art based on an interest in perceptions of reality and time - both their boundaries and moments of blur. His works consist of fragments that form a playful encounter with pre-existing systems, often situation-specific, and where the viewer becomes a participant.

Isolde Berkqvist (b.1995, Stockholm, Sweden). She explores entrepreneurship, ownership, and capitalism through her energy drink brand; Bunk. The brand is based on her characters navigating through late capitalism, promoting the bunked lifestyle. Isolde is doing her MA at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (SE). Recent exhibitions; The Wrong Biennale (DK), Nobel Lights Week (SE), Den Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Frie Udstilling (DK), Ignition, Landmark (NO)

Waiting For Death Like Turtles In The Sun, Install View, 2024

Trip Forward Not Backward, Silja Beck, Speaker chassis, jesmonite, glass fibre, plaster, mp3 modules, sound loop 7 min, 2024

Waiting For Death Like Turtles In The Sun, Install View, 2024

High-Rise 99 (1st Floor), Behzad Dehno, Oil on canvas, 56 x 3 x 17 cm, 2024

High-Rise 99 (Business cards),, Behzad Dehno, Business cards, perspex, 10 x 2 x 5 cm, 2024

High-Rise (99 FOR LEASE), Behzad Dehno, Oil on canvas, 36 x 3 x 12 cm, 2024

Waiting For Death Like Turtles In The Sun, Install View, 2024

Perforating the Shell, Jost Maltha Müller, Soapstone, aluminium, silicone, 2024

Waiting For Death Like Turtles In The Sun, Install View, 2024

Bunk!, Isolde Berkqvist, 10’, HD Video, 2024

Let’s get Bunked!, Isolde Berkqvist, Spinning display stand, LEDS, bunk, 2024

Sorry Keys, Lewis Henderson, 7” screen, Arduino, motor, Raspberry Pi, aluminium casing, Video loop 9’29”, 2024