ONLY FOR THE WICKED
Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, 12-15 June.
Thur 16-21, Friday Private Viewings only, Sat - Sun 10-18
Description
Only for the Wicked is a meticulously composed experience by Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg — a cycle of seven animated films that together shape a dreamlike realm where identities blur, roles dissolve, and nothing is as it first seems. The victim becomes the perpetrator, the perpetrator a child — all depending on which narrative unfolds in the moment.
Each film follows its own dark logic, where power, desire, and vulnerability merge and shift in a continuous state of transformation.
The familiar slips into the unfamiliar. The disturbing carries a trace of beauty.
Each animation is accompanied by a bespoke composition for pipe organ — distinct yet intrinsically part of a larger, breathing system. The music drifts and mutates from film to film like a sentient presence: alert, evolving, alive. At HAS – Helix Art Space, this interplay of image and sound creates a curated encounter — where the soft, luminous architecture contrasts with the darker emotional undercurrents.
Together, the films form a fractured drama where nothing stays fixed, and where the notion of evil cannot be defined without also turning inward.
Date
12-15 June. Thur 16-21, Friday Private Viewings only, Sat - Sun 10-18
Artists
Nathalie Djurberg
Hans Berg
Theme
This exhibition explores the interplay between space and identity, where each piece invites reflection on presence, perception, and the boundaries we create — both visible and invisible.
Credits
Courtesy the artists; Lisson Gallery, London, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Beijing; Gio Marconi, Milan; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, Los Angeles.
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