Anders Aarvik, untitled (office), 2023 (height adjustable tables, desktop computers, keyboards, mouses, desk lamps, various cables, various office supplies retrieved from the office space in which thumb2 was produced). Photo: Anders Aarvik.
Press release, September 2023
mpaacc (multipresent anti-aggressive communal computer) and Ladder Space presents thumb2: an exhibition concerning virtual scale and drawing. In this sequel, we dwell by the broad notions of drawing and scale, and experiment further with the space with a new game engine, with sound and image contributed by the artists Penghang Liu, Halfdan Kajhøj, Mie Mo, Anastasia Karkazis, Haoxuan Zhang, Finlay Taylor, Tzuhan Lin, Shafina Jaffer, Emmarosa Mathilda Liebgen, Art Sokoloff, Eva Brá Barkardóttir, and Anders Aarvik.
The loss and alteration of space, scale, time, and ego that occurs in the transgression from physical to virtual scale is the premise of thumb2 and is deliberately used to alter materiality of the submitted works in a wider virtual total installation. As a rule of thumb, and a part of our care aspect coming from the prequel held during the isolation period of the pandemic, the contributors have submitted work with a self-to-decide effort based on their needs and inquiry of their practice. This means that the maximum size of images submitted is a maximum of 20.5mm (the average of a human thumb) in width/height, and submitted sound a maximum of 1’ duration.
Anders Aarvik, untitled (office), 2023 (height adjustable tables, desktop computers, keyboards, mouses, desk lamps, various cables, various office supplies retrieved from the office space in which thumb2 was produced). Photo: Anders Aarvik.
Anders Aarvik, untitled (office), 2023 (height adjustable tables, desktop computers, keyboards, mouses, desk lamps, various cables, various office supplies retrieved from the office space in which thumb2 was produced). Photo: Anders Aarvik.
Anders Aarvik, untitled (office), 2023 (height adjustable tables, desktop computers, keyboards, mouses, desk lamps, various cables, various office supplies retrieved from the office space in which thumb2 was produced). Photo: Anders Aarvik.
thumb2 (Installation view). communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Tzuhan Lin, bits. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Mie Mo, emotional data. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Audio by Eva Brá Barkadóttir, very soonly love. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Mie Mo, emotional data. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Anders Aarvik, shell. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
thumb2 (Installation view). communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Art Sokoloff, physical-digital, from the touch to the screen, from the smooth to the pixelated. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Emmarosa Mathilda Liebgen, through the morning. Audio by Anastasia Karkazis, string along. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Finlay Taylor, web drawing. Audio by Halfdan Kajhøj, trembling motion. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Penghang Liu, the lost shoe. Audio by Anastasia Karkazis, string along. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Shafina Jaffer, baby peacock on an african beach. Audio by Haoxuan Zhang, something human 1. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
Penghang Liu, the lost shoe. Audio by Haoxuan Zhang, something human 1. communal.computer/thumb2, 2023.
The exhibition will be published at communal.computer/thumb2, 3 November 2023 at 17 for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with keyboard controls (wasd) known from first-person computer games, and compatibility with virtual reality equipment for an immersive experience.
Release event and exhibition in Ladder Space (Halmtorvet 11D), Copenhagen on 3 November 17-21, with additional opening hours 4 November from 12-16.
thumb2 (Release event). Ladder Space, 2023. Photo: Anders Aarvik.
thumb2 (Release event). Ladder Space, 2023. Photo: Anders Aarvik.
thumb2 (Release event). Ladder Space, 2023. Photo: Anders Aarvik.
Curator: Anders Aarvik
3D Artist: Nicolai Gajda Østergaard
Software Developer: Kwame Melega
Online exhibition: November 3, from 5pm (fra kl. 17).
Release event and exhibition at Ladder Space:
November 3, 5pm-9pm (kl. 17-21)
November 4, 12pm-4pm (kl. 12-16)