The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through at Public Domain Operating System

Kristine Kemp, K Allado-McDowell, Gerry Bibby, Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Muyeong Kim, Cally Spooner, Goodiepal, Sem Lala, Sara Deraedt, KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch & Debo Eilers), Simon Dybbroe Møller, Charles Csuri

October 25, 2025 – January 18, 2026

The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through

Public Domain Operating System

Hedehusene

Curated with Jesper List Thomsen.

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There is an innate physical implication to the act of passing through. Say, a body bending microwaves as it records its own movement, hot bronze settling into symbolic form, or early code prompting the splintering of a hummingbird. Energy meets resistance, resistance pushes back.

A movement instigated by a certain amount of force, triggering a degree of impact, a shape. Form is created through interference, meaning develops in the transition between one state and another. Objects, systems, and languages all bear traces of such movement, of translation, delay, repetition. What poisons one body sustains another, habits of recognition realign. Say, the hide of a stillborn calf held by Perspex, interception turning time ornamental, like a latent being nesting in a vigorously wired chrysalis.

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Works courtesy of: The artists, Hot Wheels Athens London, N/A, Christian Andersen, Palace Enterprise, Deborah Schamoni and The Charles Csuri Estate.

Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, Axel Muusfeldt Foundation and Høje-Taastrup Municipality.

Jesper List Thomsen (1978, Denmark) is an artist and writer who lives and works between London and Turin.

Kristine Kemp (1966, Denmark) is an artist who lives and works on Bornholm.

K Allado-McDowell (––––, United States) is an artist, writer, speaker, musician and technologist who lives and works in Los Angeles.

Gerry Bibby (1977 Naarm/Melbourne) is an artist, writer and Professor of Sculpture in Munich, lives in Berlin.

Sidsel Meineche Hansen (1981, Denmark) is an artist who lives and works between London and Copenhagen.

Muyeong Kim (1995, South Korea) is an artist who lives and works in Seoul.

Cally Spooner (1983, United Kingdom) is an artist, writer and choreographer who lives and works in Turin.

Goodiepal (Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester) (1974, Faroe Islands) is a horologist, artist, performer, programmer and theorist who lives and works in Lambertseter.

Sem Lala (2000, Albania) is an artist and musician who lives and works in New York.

Sara Deraedt (1984, Belgium) is an artist who lives and works in Brussels.

KAYA is a collaborative project between painter Kerstin Brätsch (1979, Germany) and sculptor Debo Eilers (1974, USA).

Simon Dybbroe Møller (1976, Denmark) is an artist and professor who lives and works in Copenhagen.

Charles Csuri (1922–2022, United States) was an artist, computer scientist, professor and researcher who lived and worked in Columbus, Ohio.

Cally Spooner, DEAD TIME (Maggie ’ s Solo, audio), 2021, Fohhn Scale - 2 loudspeaker, Fohhn MA - 4.100 amplifier, single - take wearable microphone recording, 43:59 min, Audio interference: New York City ’ s crowded electromagnetic spectrum, Breathing: Maggie Segale, Postproduction audio mixing: Tom Sedgwick. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Cally Spooner, DEAD TIME (Maggie ’ s Solo, audio), 2021, Fohhn Scale - 2 loudspeaker, Fohhn MA - 4.100 amplifier, single - take wearable microphone recording, 43:59 min, Audio interference: New York City ’ s crowded electromagnetic spectrum, Breathing: Maggie Segale, Postproduction audio mixing: Tom Sedgwick. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Charles Csuri, Hummingbird, 1967, 16mm transferred to video, 12:12 min. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Charles Csuri, Hummingbird, 1967, 16mm transferred to video, 12:12 min. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
K Allado-McDowell, The Poison Path , excerpt from Pharmako - AI, 2020, Photocopies. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
K Allado-McDowell, The Poison Path , excerpt from Pharmako - AI, 2020, Photocopies. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Sara Deraedt, Baby born out of a computer, 2024, Lambda photo print on board, Museum Glass, 60 × 40 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Sara Deraedt, Baby born out of a computer, 2024, Lambda photo print on board, Museum Glass, 60 × 40 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.
Installation view, The Shape Something Takes when Passing Through, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Public Domain Operating System.