02 May 2014 – 31 May 2014

Marco Bruzzone
SET MEMBERSHIP

T: So..ich glaube…

M: Massì, dai… saranno sette otto pizze. No?

P: Si, massimo dieci. M: Sisi, hai ragione!

T: Wa…Was? Was meinst du? What do you mean?

M: No, Nothing…no big deal… it´s just…i mean, we don’t use it anymore now, but it’s an old unit system, an italian thing…well, in some context it still exists, but hey, it’s almost dead…

T: What? M: Come on Tillmann… it’s nothing. Sometimes we still use the Pizza unit to measure lengths or surfaces. This wall for example would be about thirteen or fourteen

P… and this room is about… i’m not sure… maybe twohundredandseventysomething pizzas. I’m not sure. As i was telling you…

T: Really? You still really do that??

M: Yes, it’s dying and it’s not so used anymore, but sometimes we still use it.

T: Oh.

ATTENTION SPAM

LOOK AT THAT THING, LOOK! LOOK AT THAT THING, LOOK!

ATTENTION SPAM. THESE THINGS

CAN BE STRE-E-E-E-E-ETCHED AND EXPAMDED. THE BRAIN

CAN BE TRAINED. JUST LIKE

ANY OTHER PART OF THE BODY. NOT NECESSARILY FOR

INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTAMDING onlY BUTT FOR HOW WE

PERCEIVE. THIS IS WHAT ART IS FOR… LOOK / AT / THAT /

THING, LOOK! THESE THINGS CAN BE TWISTED AND TURNED.

THESE THINGS CAN BURN.

IS THAT CONTAGIOUS? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE GERMS IN

GERMANY! I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SPERMS. LIKE MANY.

I WONDER IF MEN WHO DESIRE WOMEN AS MUCH AS MEN

WHO DESIRE MEN DESIRE MEN… OR IF GAY MEN DEVELOP

SOMEHOW SOME KIND OF HYPER-DESIRE FROM BEING SO

OFTEN EXPERIENCING REJECTION. NO, NOT, NOT HERE IN

BERLIN, OF COURSE, BUT IN MOST OTHER PARTS

OF THE WORLD ACTUALLY GAY PEOPLE IS A TINY MINORITY. I

CAN UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE GET FED

UP WITH GAY PEOPLE ISSUES CONSIDERING HOW FEW OF US

THERE REALLY IS AND WITH WHAT HOW MUCH WE’RE GET-

TING A LOT OF ATTENTION WE’RE GETTING. ATTENTION SPAM.

THESE THINGS CAN BE STRETCHED. AND TURNED. THE GREY

ZONE. IT’S ALL

ABOUT THE GREY ZONE IN THE END. THE GREY ZONE. US

AND THEM. AND STRETCHED. AND TURNED. THE NON LO SO

ZONE. NEVER

BELIEBED IN THE GHETTO. STRAIGHT MEN NEED TO FIGHT FOR

WOMEN. WOMEN NEED TO FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE. BLACK

PEOPLE FOR THE GAYS. EVERYBODY FIGHT. ITALIANS FOR THE

ABOLITION OF THE NATION STATE. AND THEN WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

REJECTION.

PERCEPTION. UNDERSTAND. REJECTION. AND THEN THERE’S ALL

THIS HYPER-DESIRE FLOATING AROUND. SWEET DREAMS ARE

MADE OF THESE. THIS IS

GOD’S GIFT TO MANKIND. EXCEPT IT’S NOT MAN AND IT’S NOT

KIND. /by Karl Holmqvist

installation view

installation view

installation view

Big Table 1, 2014, plasti-dip, damast, 110 x 220 cm

Big Table 2, 2014, plasti-dip, damast, 110 x 220 cm

Round Table in Aeroceramica Style (HGBB-Type), 2014, wood, 80 x 80 x 70 cm

Sending Out For You, 2014, ceramic, office chair, 50 x 50 x 80 cm

Table 1, 2014, plasti-dip, damast, 90 x 90 cm

Table 2, 2014, plasti-dip, damast, 90 x 90 cm

Table 5, 2014, plasti-dip, damast, 90 x 90 cm

Mew Neasures, 2014, pencil, site specific wall drawing