c4 projects invites you to the solo exhibition A fertile subject for offensive talk by Mark Tholander. In the exhibition, Tholander will exhibit a video installation and a series of glass sculptures.
The exhibition is part of c4 project's exhibition program "The Kinship Programme", which throughout 2024, takes its point of departure in the eco-feminist thinker Donna Haraway, focusing on the structural, political, poetic and critical potentials of a community.
Tholander's video installation is based on the "sea monk" creature, which was caught on the coast of Zealand in 1546. Historical records say that the fishermen thought they had pulled a monk with a fish body out of the sea. Some thought it was a priest from a “sea people” - a species of “merman”. In all likelihood, it was in fact a ten-armed octopus of a scale never seen before. When the king at the time, Christian III, heard about it, he ordered that the "disgusting" creature should be buried as soon as possible, so that it would not incite offensive talk in public. With this starting point, Tholander has created a video installation that reflects the shadow sides of a community.
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