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Tommy
Støckel
Statement for catalogue
If I should name something which has relevance to my work or reminds
me of my work, I would say: a styrofoam sphinx covered in hieroglyph
carvings and painted to imitate stone, and which greets casino visitors
in the first pyramid built in over 2,500 years (and the first to be
built in Nevada). Or I might choose to mention: a cardboard model illustrating
the physical shape of a certain mathematical equation, displayed in
a forgotten corner of a science museum’s topology section, and
which has been thought of as out-dated since the arrival of 3D computer
graphics. Or: an alien artifact film prop in a Hollywood production,
placed in the background of a film set and therefore constructed with
only just enough detail to be recognised as an alien artifact. Or perhaps:
a piece of a fake ruin built to look like a crumbling ancient temple
and placed at the bottom of a 19th century English garden – left
to pretend that it has been excavated to reveal the fascinating history
of times long gone. Or even: the science fiction writers’ ability
to speculate in possible futures and imagine alternative ways and shapes
of things to come. In fact, I think that only when seen together do
all the above-mentioned form a complete picture of the sources of inspiration,
which has had relevance in the shaping of my work.
Kurz CV
Born 1972, Copenhagen
1992-98 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
Solo exhibitions:
2006 Ist das leben nicht schön?, Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt am Main
Clash of the Classics, IASPIS, Stockholm
The Great Fiction of the Garden Folly, Helene Nyborg Contemporary,
Copenhagen
Even Great Futures Will One Day Become Pasts, Rena Bransten
Gallery, San Francisco
2005 The Last Future, Korridor, Berlin
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