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

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.

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.