Bricks Gallery is proud to present The Desktop, a solo exhibition by Spøgelsesmaskinen aka Rune Brink Hansen. Curated by Majken Overgaard the exhibition explores the desktop as a portal between our digital and physical lives. It features a series of digital works on custom LED panels, an installation, a projection, and printed editions.
Do you remember the first time you logged on to a desktop computer? How it felt like the world expanded and you gained access to a different place and a new state of mind? ‘The Desktop’ takes its starting point in the feeling of transcending the physical and losing oneself in a digital realm. The computer desktop is a metaphor - when the first interfaces were designed they mimicked the physical desktop. We were given the objects that we were familiar with - making the digital a continuation of the physical life. Spøgelsesmaskinen traces the idea of the graphical user interface to where it all began, the physical desk, and connects it with visions of past and future computers. Historically, the desktop was a physical manifestation of power, whoever was in control was situated behind the mahogany desk. Today, the desktop computer equals work. Offices, cubicles and never-ending days behind the screen. The pixel is the basic structure in the works and pays homage to this unique digital material and provides each individual work with an air of nostalgia. We have had the personal computer for a long time. We can now look back at our history with our computers and the various generations of desktops and reminiscence. The exhibition exists in Bricks Gallery and on the blockchain. The blockchain is a shared data structure and for Spøgelsesmaskinen it equals the coming of a decentralized web and most importantly a space for community and friendship.
– Majken Overgaard, curator, Copenhagen, 2023
Rune Brink Hansen (b. 1979, Odense, Denmark) is a self taught multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He started working with digital interfaces during the early internet days. Since then he has crafted digital visuals for festivals, designed spaces for museums, and exhibited large scale light installations at various institutions and galleries. In 2021, he adopted the Spøgelsesmaskinen artist name for his 3D and NFT artwork. In the global online art community, he is known simply as "Spogel".
Recent exhibitions and projects include: Galerie Greulich, Positions Artfair Berlin, Germany (2023), The Edge, NFT New York, NY USA (2023), Perception of Reality, Sixty Eight Art Institute, Copenhagen, DK (2023), KP Digital, Århus Kunsthal, Århus, Denmark, (2022), Unblock Gaudi, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, (2022), BIDEOTIKAN , Bilbao Design Week, Spain, (2022), Konstruktur, Utzon Museet, Aalborg, DK (2019), Konstruktur, Nikolai Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK, (2018), Konstruktur, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, DK (2018), Everything Forever, Museet for samtidskunst, Roskilde, DK (2017), Intersections, Arken Museum, Ishøj, DK (2017). Permanent collections: WNDR, Chicago, USA (2023), Solorm, Helsingør Sundhedshus, Elsinore, DK (2022. Designed commissions for: Life Eternal, Nobel Prize Museum, Liljenvalchs, Stockholm, SE (2022), Hempel Glasmuseum, Nykøbing Sjælland, DK (2022)
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SpøgelsesmaskinenFern (Pteridophyte), 2023Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
Custom LED display50 x 50 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenChinese Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ), 2023Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenCommon Broom (Cytisus scoparius), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenTurkish Pine (Pinus Brutia), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenBonsai Pine (Pinus), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenField Maple (Acer Campestre), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenButterfly Bush (Buddleia Davidii), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenDate Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera), 2024Digital artwork (NFT), 128 x 128 px, 16 seconds, 16 colours
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SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Monocrat, 2023Digital artwork 128 x 128 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors.
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SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Bureaucrat, 2023Digital artwork 128 x 128 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Technocrat, 2023Digital artwork 128 x 128 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Aristocrat, 2023Digital artwork 128 x 128 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenHigh Rise, 2023Digital artwork 128 x 384 px. 1,37 min, MP4
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SpøgelsesmaskinenMonocrat Print edition, 2023NFT: 400 x 500 px, 1 frame, 1 color
Print: Pantone Giclée on 250 gr paper
Signed and numbered
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SpøgelsesmaskinenTechnocrat Print edition, 2023NFT: 400 x 500 px, 1 frame, 1 color
Print: Pantone Giclée on 250 gr paper
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SpøgelsesmaskinenBureaucrat Print edition, 2023NFT: 400 x 500 px, 1 frame, 1 color
Print: Pantone Giclée on 250 gr paper
Signed and numbered
50 x 40 cmEdition of 10Courtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenMonocrat Print edition, 2023NFT: 400 x 500 px, 1 frame, 1 color
Print: Pantone Giclée on 250 gr paper
Signed and numbered
50 x 40 cmEdition of 10Courtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenWorld Wide Web - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenWorld Wide Web - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmSoldCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Desktop - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenMove Item - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenMove Item - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenMove Item - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenDial Up - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenDial Up - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenDial Up - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenEmpty Trash - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenEmpty Trash - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenEmpty Trash - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors.
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SpøgelsesmaskinenCalculater - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenCalculater - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenCalculater - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenNew Folder - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenNew Folder - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
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SpøgelsesmaskinenPlease Wait - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenPlease Wait - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenPlease Wait - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmSoldCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenThis Computer - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenThis Computer - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors.
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenThis Computer - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmSoldCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenInsert Disk - Blue, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmSoldCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenInsert Disk - White, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenInsert Disk - Red, 2023Digital artwork 64 x 64 px, 1920 frames, 6 colors
Custom LED display20 x 20 cmCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist -
SpøgelsesmaskinenThe Desktop installation, 2023Installation, Mixed mediaVarious dimensionsCourtesy of Bricks GalleryCopyright The Artist
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