Rune Brink: Channelling
Bricks Gallery is pleased to present Channelling, a solo exhibition by Rune Brink, opening on Friday November 20, from 5-8 PM. Brink (formerly known as Spøgelsesmaskinen) returns for his second solo exhibition with us, showcasing two new series of digital works on LED and aluminium panels in various formats.
“The first technology really sought to master nature, whereas the second aims rather at an interplay between nature and humanity.”
– Walter Benjamin, 1936.
Channelling invites viewers into a space where the relationship between technology, nature and human experience is explored. With an open approach to digital interfaces, Brink playfully uncovers technology’s potential and limitations, including its ability to simulate living nature and the seductive power of screens. Since the early 2000s, Brink has developed a practice that moves between intimate screen-based digital works and large-scale installations, exploring the different facets of technology and our ever-changing relationship to it.
Ultimately, the works in Channelling consist of black LED panels of various sizes set in aluminium and stainless steel frames. Elements of nature are brought into play through pixels lighting up: in the series Entelechy, recurring images of water move fluidly, while the other series, Scolytinae (created in collaboration with Christian Zander), depicts algorithmic bark beetles eating their way around and along the edges of the screens.
Although both Brink himself and we as viewers know that the works are simulations of nature, their slow, organic presence on the screens hints at something recognisable and almost meditative. For a moment, watching the works can feel like observing the fluid movement of the ocean or a fire slowly burning.
When Rune Brink translates nature’s organic shapes, colours and movements into digital interfaces, he knowingly undertakes an impossible task: reproducing the complexity of the living world. For the artist, however, what matters is not the reproduction itself, but what happens when the forms and motions of living organisms are translated into pixels and code. In his own way, he seeks to bring us closer to new ways of experiencing reality, where technology is not merely a practical tool associated with something mechanical and cold. Nature, too, is no longer confined to the idea of something pure that must be experienced only outdoors.
Throughout the exhibition, technology holds a softness that can be enjoyed, while nature is brought onto gallery walls. Together, these elements establish a delicate interplay between technology, nature and human experience, similar to what Benjamin envisioned. Yet the exhibition subtly leaves us asking what, then, is at stake in our changing relationship with both nature and technology.
Text by Amanda Dam
Rune Brink (b. 1979) is a self-taught, multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Working across digital visuals, installations, and interactive design, Brink began experimenting with digital interfaces during the early days of the internet. Recent exhibitions include 'Ghost in the Thread' at Artverse, Paris (2026, FR), and 'Den Blå Time' at Kronborg Castle (2026, DK). Brink’s art fair participations include Art on Tezos: Berlin with bitforms (2025, DE) and Enter Art Fair with Bricks Gallery (2026, DK).
The opening reception is sponsored by Vinhanen and Nørrebrew, offering organic wine, beers and non-alcoholic drinks.
