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

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Psyke, Cash Flow, Arsenik, Born to be alive...

Exhibited at Fotografisk Center, 2019

Kunstbygningen Vrå, 2024

In this series, photos from Charlottenlund Horse Racing Track are combined with digital drawings and poems made from the names of the racehorses. One work in the series is digitally altered to give the horse in the photo a third eye. The names of the racehorses are chosen by their owners based on a number of rules, but seem to behave unpredictably, superstitiously and poetically within the framework of these rules. In the works the names have been composed as poems based on their first letter.

The names are approved by The Danish Horse Racing Federation (Dansk Travsports Centralfor- bund) 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 for instance the name Feeling Fat has been approved. In addition, various factors such as superstition, sponships and breeding history play a part in the choosing of a name. A horse might thus 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 one can only guess.

Psyke

Digital collage printed on paper Framed. 102 x 118 cm. The poem in the work reads:

Psyke

Pop game

Promise to try

The works touch upon about how economy relates to superstition. The stock market is an example of a man-made system that exceeds our comprehension, and it is often compared to gambling. However, a more obvious comparison is horse racing, which is not considered gambling, since it requires not just luck but 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 influence which stocks "win". Both are complex and unpredictable systems where, in the absence of better solutions to interpret and understand, we often resort to superstition. The three-eyed horse, which tossing its head, stands out among the otherwise unmanipu- lated photographs. In the strict and rulebound world of horse racing, it represents an unruly and turbulent element.