You – “WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?”
Me – “THINGS GET BUILD UP THEN THINGS FALL PART
LAST WEEK I WAS WALKING ON THE BEACH W GRAINS OF SAND BLOWING
DO U LIKE IT WHEN U LOOK AT IT?”
You – “R LIKE, WUT DO U THINK?”
Me – “I(M) FUCKED UP AND I KEEP FUCKING UP AND FUCKING UP
MY SHIT HIT THE DUST LIKE MIXED NUTS.”
You – “LIKE DO U THINK ITS DONE OR A FIXED POINT IN TIME?”
Me – “ILL B UR BENIGN PINTREST BOARD
A BEACHGRASS SNIPERSUIT
LIFE ES SUMAMENTE COMPLICADA
A GANG OF BPM. A GANNNNGGGGG OF BPM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RITUALIZED CHEMICAL ABLUTION
>PIPEORGAN+METALLURGICAL ARTICULATION+BEESBUZZING+KALIMBA *INCREASES
VOLUME* V, V. LOUD />
LIKE DO U CARE ABOUT THE WALLS DOES THE GALLERY BCUM MY WORK OR DOES MY
WORK JUST SIT A LAPDOG WITH A THIN VEIL OF DUST LANDING ON IT PUT ON A RUBBER
GLOVE AND RUB IT OFF BLOW ON IT WITH CAN AIR BLOW THE CANNED AIR INTO UR
LUNGS UPSIDE DOWN.
Me – “GOD IM JUST SO LOST IN YOUR REPEAT.”
You – “THINGS GET BUILT UP THEN THINGS FALL APART THINGS LOST TIME LOST
GORGEOUS SLITHERING IMPACTFUL ITS HAPPNING 2 ALL OUR DATA ALL DAY
EXPANSIVE HISTORICAL FOAM BEEHIVE LET LIVE ∞ STATIC ∞
DISPERSAL COOL/ YEAH/ IMMACULATE STOCKHOLM
ITS THERE HOVERING A CIRCLES THE AIR MOVING AROUND IN THE SPACE
IM AT THE TOP OF A CLIFF LOOKING AT WHALES BLOW BLUE BURSTS
NOTHINGS THE END EVERYTHINGS THE BEGINNING
ONE PIECE PERFECT
SLAMDUNKD FORMALISTIC BLOODY FOOTSTREAKD STEPPING FORWARD
ACCORDIONING NORDIC ISMS
PROTECTIVE LOTUS
LAYING ON A BED W/ UR IMPRESSIVE NUDITY LISTNING 2 JOLIE SHIT
LIGHTS OUT/WIND BLOWS/HELICOPTER ENCIRCLES
LANGUAGE DISSOLVES AS A PRODUCT OF LOVE BEGINS
THATS WUT THE FUC IT LOOKS LIKE.”
You – “?”
Me – “DO U THINK I DID THIS FOR MY FING WEBSITE?”
— Text by Andrew Birk
Mikkel Carl (1976) lives and works in Sorø/Copenhagen. He has a BA in philosophy and a MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Most recently, Carl had his first solo exhibition in the public institution Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg. In 2015, he also took part in TRUST – the second iteration of Copenhagen Art Festival curated by Sonia Dermience. Mikkel Carl has shown works at Last Resort, Copenhagen; ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm; Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; Co2 Gallery, Turin; Ana Christea Gallery, New York; Retrospective gallery, Hudson NY, among others.
Furthermore, Mikkel Carl has curated a number of group shows including Got Tortilla with Butter on Phone. Think it’s the End?, Rod Barton, London; Absence of Evil is the Evil of Absence, Residency Unlimited, New York (w/ Pedro Wirz); Some Objects are More Equal than Others, IAC (Inter Arts Center), Malmö; Lake of Fire, Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen.
