fRinge in 2026
For spare parts click here
31 July- 30 August 2026
Vernissage: 31 July, 18:00–20:00
‘For spare parts click here’ by Oona Libens focuses on the idea of planned obsolescence: the strategy of designing technological devices with intentionally limited lifespans or lower-quality components, encouraging their eventual replacement. The works foster a dialogue between outdated and present-day technology and reflects about which habits and practices are pushed into collective oblivion through technological development. The projected images emerge and recede, fluctuating between presence and disappearance, memory and oblivion.
-“𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘴’ 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥”. - 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵.
未生 THE UNBORN
9 May- 7 June 2026
Vernissage: 9 May, 18:00–20:00
‘未生 THE UNBORN’ by Enbo Chen. Within the tremors of China’s One-Child Policy, the artist’s existence was a negotiated exception: a birth permitted only by a sibling’s tragedy. The exhibition is a project that serves as a belated confession, mourning the truncated existence of all living beings: human, animals, plants, even stone, whose potential was severed before it could begin. The work manifests through experimental approaches: elm seeds are utilized as organic negatives for direct darkroom enlargement, while transparent 3D-printed objects are exposed onto X-ray film.
- “𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘣𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴. 𝘉𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”.- 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵.
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