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A studio flash fires intermittently in the space, disconnected from any camera and
therefore incapable of producing an image. The burst of light briefly illuminates the
room before disappearing, leaving no record behind. Exposure occurs without the pos-
sibility of an archive.
Throughout the gallery, framed photographs depict interiors of Kronborg Castle,
rooms that are themselves carefully staged historical environments. Artificial firepla-
ces, electric lighting, and arranged furniture simulate a past that predates the techno-
logies used to display it. The photographs record a representation of history that is
already mediated and constructed.
Kronborg is also widely associated with Elsinore, the fictional setting of Shakespeare‘s
Hamlet, a work that begins with the brief appearance of a ghost that emerges from
darkness before its presence can be fully grasped. The intermittent flashes in the exhi-
bition follow this same logic of apparition: momentarily revealing itself only to with-
draw…
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Press Release
A studio flash fires intermittently in the space, disconnected from any camera and
therefore incapable of producing an image. The burst of light briefly illuminates the
room before disappearing, leaving no record behind. Exposure occurs without the pos-
sibility of an archive.
Throughout the gallery, framed photographs depict interiors of Kronborg Castle,
rooms that are themselves carefully staged historical environments. Artificial firepla-
ces, electric lighting, and arranged furniture simulate a past that predates the techno-
logies used to display it. The photographs record a representation of history that is
already mediated and constructed.
Kronborg is also widely associated with Elsinore, the fictional setting of Shakespeare‘s
Hamlet, a work that begins with the brief appearance of a ghost that emerges from
darkness before its presence can be fully grasped. The intermittent flashes in the exhi-
bition follow this same logic of apparition: momentarily revealing itself only to with-
draw…
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