MIKKEL CARL

A HOST OF POSSIBLE DRAMA AND EXCHANGE
Installation view

Unknown Cargo, Copenhagen

EVEN EMPTY SPACES READ LIKE DRAWINGS, 2015 (detail)
Broken greenhouse
Dimensions variable

EVEN EMPTY SPACES READ LIKE DRAWINGS, 2015
Broken greenhouse
Dimensions variable

EVEN EMPTY SPACES READ LIKE DRAWINGS, 2015 (detail)
Broken greenhouse
Dimensions variable

A HOST OF POSSIBLE DRAMA AND EXCHANGE
Installation view

FRESHER THAN THE NU YEAR, 2015 (detail)
Ultrasonic humidifier, nicotine base
15 x 75 cm

FRESHER THAN THE NU YEAR, 2015
Ultrasonic humidifier, nicotine base
15 x 75 cm

IN DARKNESS THERE IS A COMFORTING ABSENCE OF TEARS, 2015
Electrical floor heating system installed inside a wall
Dimensions variable

IN DARKNESS THERE IS A COMFORTING ABSENCE OF TEARS, 2015 (detail)
Electrical floor heating system installed inside a wall
Dimensions variable

IN DARKNESS THERE IS A COMFORTING ABSENCE OF TEARS, 2015 (detail)
Electrical floor heating system installed inside a wall
Dimensions variable

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015
Sand cast aluminum
38 x 38 x 4.5 cm

The Lomax Poems
Good Work Gallery, New York

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015
Sand cast aluminum
38 x 38 x 4.5 cm

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015 (detail)
Sand cast aluminum
38 x 38 x 4.5 cm

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015
Sand cast aluminum
40 x 40 x 3 cm

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015 (detail)
Sand cast aluminum
40 x 40 x 3 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
240x90x3 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
240x90x3 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
87x81x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
54x46x3 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
81x81x2.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
81x81x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
54x46x3 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
186x135x3.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
106x25x2.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
106x25x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
147x86x3.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
60x36x1 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
31x12x1.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

WHAT CANNOT BE IMAGINED, CANNOT BE SEEN, 2015
Existing wall, drywall, screws, sand filler
Dimensions variable

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
28x45x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
115x88x2.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
115x88x2.5 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
95x37x1.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
90x94x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
44x40x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
65x58x2.5 cm

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Acrylic paint on plastic coated fabric, customized stretchers
129x69x3 cm

NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND, 2015
Coral sand, artificial palm tree
Dimensions variable

NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND, 2015 (detail)
Coral sand, artificial palm tree
Dimensions variable

NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND, 2015 (detail)
Coral sand, artificial palm tree
Dimensions variable

Installation view

TRUST – The Salon
Kunstforeningen GL STRAND
Copenhagen

THE POSSIBILITY OF DEATH IN THE MIND OF SOMEONE LIVING, 2012-2015
Helium filled /remote controlled inflatable shark (Air Swimmer)
Dimensions variable

TALION, 2015
Marzipan, food coloring, cocoa powder

Talion (Latin: lex talionis)
The law of retaliation or “an-eye-for-an-eye” principle

formic.dk
Copenhagen

TALION, 2015
Marzipan, food coloring, cocoa powder

TALION, 2015
Marzipan, food coloring, cocoa powder

TALION, 2015
Marzipan, food coloring, cocoa powder

Installation view

The Spring Exhibition
Den Frie – Center of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen

UNTITLED, 2015
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

Installation view

Den Frie Udstilling
Den Frie – Center of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen

UNTITLED, 2015
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
92x192 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Sulphuric acid on aluminum panel
192x92 cm

Installation view

Text after Tekst
Den Frie – Center of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen

TRUISM #5, 2014
Adhesive vinyl letters (anonymized PR material)
Dimensions variable

WE ARE ALL WORKERS

Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg, Denmark
2015

WE ARE ALL WORKERS, 2015
Laser cut polypropylen (biplex)
Dimensions variable

photo: Niels Fabæk

COPENHAGEN EATS SHIT, 2014
Poster
Ed.500

TRUISM #6, 2015
Adhesive vinyl letters
Dimensions variable

TRUISM #6, 2015
Adhesive vinyl letters
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

SHORTCUTS, 2015
Towel racks from the series Shortcut (design by Nendo)
80x60x54 cm

SHORTCUTS, 2015
Towel racks from the series Shortcut (design by Nendo)
80x60x23 cm.

A THING IS A WHOLE IN A THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint,
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012) (detail)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint,
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

(MADE IN CHINA), 2009-2015
Selekta power drill, rotation motor
Dimensions variable

(MADE IN CHINA), 2009-2015
Selekta power drill, rotation motor
Dimensions variable

(MADE IN CHINA), 2009-2015
Selekta power drill, rotation motor
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

photo: Niels Fabæk

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, styrofoam, insulation, filler
Dimensions variable

LACAN IS ”NOT”, 2015 (2013)
IKEA Lots mirrors (30x30 cm)
Dimensions variable

photo: Niels Fabæk

LACAN IS ”NOT”, 2015 (2013) (detail)
IKEA Lots mirrors (30x30 cm)
Dimensions variable

LACAN IS ”NOT”, 2015 (2013)
IKEA Lots mirrors (30x30 cm)
Dimensions variable

HALO, 2015 (2012)
Fluorescent light tube replaced with a circular bulb the circumference of which is equal to the length of the original tube
Dimensions variable

photo: Niels Fabæk

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, 2015
Print on adhesive vinyl
Dimensions variable

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, 2015
Print on adhesive vinyl
Dimensions variable

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, 2015
Print on adhesive vinyl
Dimensions variable

THE SEA IS NOT CRUEL, THE CLOUDS DO NOT CHOKE THE SKY, INFORMATION DOES NOT WANT TO BE FREE*, 2015
Fog machine, galvanized pipe
Dimensions variable

*Kari Rittenbach; Press release for Marlie Mul: Boneless Banquet For One, Croy Nielsen, Berlin

THE SEA IS NOT CRUEL, THE CLOUDS DO NOT CHOKE THE SKY, INFORMATION DOES NOT WANT TO BE FREE*, 2015
Fog machine, galvanized pipe
Dimensions variable

*Kari Rittenbach; Press release for Marlie Mul: Boneless Banquet For One, Croy Nielsen, Berlin

THE SEA IS NOT CRUEL, THE CLOUDS DO NOT CHOKE THE SKY, INFORMATION DOES NOT WANT TO BE FREE*, 2015
Fog machine, galvanized pipe
Dimensions variable

*Kari Rittenbach; Press release for Marlie Mul: Boneless Banquet For One, Croy Nielsen, Berlin

THE SEA IS NOT CRUEL, THE CLOUDS DO NOT CHOKE THE SKY, INFORMATION DOES NOT WANT TO BE FREE*, 2015
Fog machine, galvanized pipe
Dimensions variable

*Kari Rittenbach; Press release for Marlie Mul: Boneless Banquet For One, Croy Nielsen, Berlin

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various objects taken from storage
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various objects taken from storage
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various objects taken from storage
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various objects taken from storage
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various office furniture and personal effects, staff
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

A THING IS A WHOLE IN A THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various office furniture and personal effects, staff
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A WHOLE IN A THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various office furniture and personal effects, staff
Dimensions variable

A THING IS A HOLE IN THE THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various office furniture and personal effects, staff
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

A THING IS A WHOLE IN A THING IT IS NOT, 2015 (2012)
Existing doorway in partition wall, wooden beams, dry wall, filler, insulation, white paint, various office furniture and personal effects, staff
Dimensions variable

Installation view

WE ARE ALL WORKERS
Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Soy Capitán, Berlin), stretcher bars
100x125 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Retrospective, Hudson – NY), stretcher bars
145x190 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Last Resort, Copenhagen), stretcher bars
155x170 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (basis, Frankfurt), stretcher bars
190x125 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Rod Barton, London), stretcher bars
145x180 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Overgaden, Copenhagen), stretcher bars
150x175 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (CO2, Torino), stretcher bars
100x125 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015
Used moving blanket (Toves, Copenhagen), stretcher bars
160x155 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (Soy Capitán, Berlin), stretcher bars
100x125 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (Retrospective, Hudson – NY), stretcher bars
145x190 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (Last Resort, Copenhagen), stretcher bars
155x170 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (Rod Barton, London), stretcher bars
145x180 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (Toves, Copenhagen), stretcher bars
160x155 cm

IMPRESSION, 2015 (detail)
Used moving blanket (CO2, Torino), stretcher bars
100x125 cm

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, 2015
Print on adhesive vinyl
Dimensions variable

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, 2015
Print on adhesive vinyl
Dimensions variable

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE, 2015
Aluminum, spray paint
16.2 × 22.9 cm

18 x 8: From point A to PointB and back again…
PointB, New York

GOOD IDEAS ARE BAD IDEAS, 2015 (detail)
Spray painted aluminum
16.2 × 22.9 cm (C5)

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

Searching for Devices
basis, Frankfurt a.M

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (f), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (g), 2015
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (g), 2015
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (g), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (g), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (g), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

Installation view

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (h), 2015
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (h), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (i), 2015
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

CALCULATED OPTIMISM (i), 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable

UNTITLED, 2015
Anodized titanium
125 x 200 cm

UNTITLED, 2015
Anodized titanium
125 x 200 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Anodized titanium
125 x 200 cm

UNTITLED, 2015 (detail)
Anodized titanium
125 x 200 cm

Installation view

UNTITLED, 2015
Anodized titanium
100 x 125 cm

Installation view