KIN TOO
KIN TOO August 1- August 8, 2026 Church of St Feliu, Lladó Presented by Spiritvessel, Espinavessa Kin (family or kinship) is a term that defines the relationships that group a series of people, beings or things. Beyond the ties of blood, origin or ancestry, it also describes the close connection between entities that share the […]
Genius Loci
Genius Loci Cortina d’Ampezzo project, first edition, has officially began on May 10, 2026. Born from a twenty-years friendship and a shared passion for contemporary art by Valentina Parolin and Clara Pacifico, NM Contemporary founder. Wished by the first and her husband Nicola Parolin and conceived and curated by the second. Genius Loci is an […]
Path of Desire
A concrete bus shelter stands in a small clearing in the forest – too low for grownups, too big for children, as if it had fallen out of its own time. Or as if past, present, and myth had all been pressed into its layers. The four sides of the bus shelter consist of concrete […]
THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK
The exhibition “THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK” explores the human drive for constant improvement. Since the Industrial Revolution, our society has been shaped by the ideals of “higher, faster, further.” The ultimate goals are to optimize performance, push boundaries, and overcome stagnation. At the center of the installation stands a BMW […]
Dog and Angel
Somewhere in the building, a computer works around the clock, controlling the railway switches and signals. The trains it lets through carry people across the city. Along the way, they also set the installation in motion. It is unclear which of these functions is more important. Kristin Wiking has been artist-in-residence at SIC since the […]
Dreams of Gdynia
“Dreams of Gdynia” grows out of imagination – the kind that, a hundred years ago, made it possible to build a city from scratch, and the kind that helps us think about its future. The starting point is Julian Rummel’s 1934 vision: utopian, bold, projecting Gdynia as a modern, open, and livable place. We return […]
BURGEONING
“Burgeoning” is a dynamic descriptor frequently used in the field of agricultural economics, referring to the rapid surge in crop yields or livestock herds, akin to bamboo shoots after rain. It also points to two distinct models of proliferation in cultural and natural domains—the parasitic propagation of memes and the differential replication of biological arthropods. […]
The harvest of sorrow
A carefully arranged, scenographic space evokes feelings of nostalgia. It interrupts linear time, connecting the recent past with previous years, even decades. Emo* is back? Maybe it has never left? It only hid, transformed, and began to function under different names, attaching itself to successive aesthetic trends, changing its forms (not to be confused with […]
Rot Summer
I don’t know how many “I don’t know how many I’ve got left in me” I’ve got left in me. *** With a bit of hyperbole, one could say that every society can be described by what it secretly craves: the shiny surfaces that brush against our skin, the things we devour with fascination, upload, […]
Rygg mot rygg, rot mot rot
The exhibiton is part of Sekvenser, an exhibition series taking place at Henriette Wegner’s Pavillion i Frognerparken, Oslo in August 2026. The series presents a changing programme of contemporary art exhibitions curated by Madelen Isa Lindgren.