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ARSENIK


Digital print on paper, framed.

62 x 89 cm.



airborn bee

atju g wenbo

act cool

ananasgranat

absolutelynoexcuse

a flying drummer

allan’s hest

agnes jensen

askepot macoy

amigo baron fossum

attack photo

arsenik

BORN TO BE ALIVE


Digital print on paper, framed.

77 x 72 cm.


PSYKE


Digital print on paper, framed.

102 x 118 cm.


born to be alive

bork musikfestival

be nice ice

baronesse korfu

børstefod

benytsnapshotgrand

bogetijama anibas

besøg osted antik

bornwithhangovers

bornholm nu

botox

but why



keystone bright

king of the sea

konsonant n

kabala

kansas sølvtop

kapacha

karamellen

kalta knab

katz copper

kibretto

kicky gallon

kirsten bogø

kiss du mille

kiwi monarch

know how

kolibri

kondi son

konvektion

kopi



nam nam

napalm

never pay

niblø fazet

nissehønen

nips elpin

nitril

no more tears

nutana



elbow

emoji

even more coktail

e fourtyfive

embracethegunners

epos shadow

empty glass

epoke pi

enfant terrible

everybodysaidthat

eightdaysaweek

epulu

enten eller

elegant elephant

ebay holmsminde

excuse me

efterlevande

hybris cloc

halløj crea

hamour

handle with care

hanne brother

harok haugård

hay to gain

hellestjernen

hertuginde frederik

hey look me over

hibiscus c

hilti delmonico

hippologen

history

hoplahønen

hottie safari

hov hov just

haiti

honest

huxtable hornline

psyke                                                                                                                     

pop game  

promise to try

Photo: David Stjernholm

CASH FLOW


Digital print on paper, framed.

47 x 57 cm.

Part of a series of five works.


2019


The works are digital compositions in which photos from Charlottenlund Horse Racing Track and the names of the horses are combined with drawings. The names of the horses result form a number of rules and but behave unpredictably, superstitiously and poetically within the framework of these rules:


born to be alive

bork musikfestival

be nice ice

baronesse korfu

børstefod

benytsnapshotgrand

bogetijama anibas

besøg osted antik

bornwithhangovers

bornholm nu

botox

but why


The names are approved by the Danish harness racing federation (Dansk Travsports Centralforbund) according to the following rules: All horses born in the same year have the same initial. Since the letters Q, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø and Å are not used, there are 20 years between each A-year. Names must be max. 20 and min. 2 letters. A name can be rejected if it can be mistaken for an already registered name, or if it is deemed inappropriate (eg idiot or similar). However, this seems to be taken with a grain of salt, since names such as Feeling Fat and Colour Blind have been approved.

In addition, various factors such as superstition, sponsorships and breeding history play a part in the naming - a horse can thus very well be called E Fourtyfive, eBay Holmsminde or simply Facebook. Whether the latter got its name due to a sponsorship from the social media giant or in of hopes of good luck by the power of association, I do not know.

The stock market is often compared to games of chance - bets ​​whose outcome is random. A more obvious comparison, however, is horse racing, which is not considered a game of chance, since it requires knowledge to win. There are, of course, significant differences between the two - despite the many factors that can affect the outcome of a race, the world of horse racing is a small closed system compared to the stock market, where in principle infinite variable factors can affect which shares "win". However, both are complex and unpredictable systems where, in the absence of better solutions to interpret and understand, we often use superstition.