The Guide

Pattern of Activation (Mamaroo nursery, dawn chorus & embryogenesis), 2017. Earth Potential (C.Elegans, Saturn’s Moon Titan), 2017

Katja Novitskova’s works examine the relationship between technology, biology and ecology. The baby cradles, lullaby-like music and C.Elegans worm and its eggs speak of the nascency of machine consciousness and question the rapid nature of biopolitics.

Restless Bulbs and Rotting Goodness, 2021

Artist William Darrell’s kinetic sculptures are symbolic of humans resurfacing from the dormant state of lockdown into the ‘new normal’, a time of new growth and new ideas. Through his work, Darrell suggests that, even in situations of extreme adversity, humans have the ability to adapt and reshape their future – and that of the planet’s.

Ignota Store

Ignota publishes and creates at the intersection of technology, myth-making and magic, seeking to develop a language that makes the reimagining and re-enchantment of the world around us possible. Employing an associative logic, their store offers magical objects such as books that act as portals to multiple consciousnesses.

The Giant, 2021

For SUPERFUTURES, GENTLE MONSTER presents The Giant – a large, kinetic object that gives viewers an uncanny experience through hyperrealistic movements and expressions. Standing at nine-feet tall, the pale face feels as if it has a living ego, and forces viewers to confront the marginal gap between dream and reality.

Reclining Pan, 2019

Austria-born, Berlin-based Oliver Laric worked with 3D technology to create Reclining Pan, a sculpture modelled on a 16th-century fountain by Renaissance sculptor Francesco da Sangallo. The 3D scan was then made accessible for anyone to download and utilise, questioning the idea of materiality in a contemporary digital milieu.

aequator, 2020

aequator, a new installation by transmedia artist and researcher Joey Holder, encourages us to rethink our relationship to all living things, above and below us. Modelled on insect and snake genitalia, the work proposes a vision of the future where categorical thinking does not exist, as it prompts us to see how all ecosystems are connected.

In Dark Times We Must Dream With Open Eyes, 2020

Artist Nico Vascellari is the driving force behind Codalunga, a future-facing label born as a project space and fortified by a distinctly ethical approach. Vascellari’s work is a hymn to the struggle of the present with a positive and active outlook on the future, encouraging us to fight in order to make change.
 

Liminal Lands, 2021

Exploring a future in which data and biology fluidly interconnect, Liminal Lands is a digital reconstruction of a landscape in southern France. Formed 7,000 years ago, the terrain has been radically transformed through salt cultivation, yet remains connected to energies from an ancient sea at the edge of the Mediterranean.

BENZENE FLOAT, 2020 / Amorphous Solid Ghost, 2017

Deep Float, 2017

Kuwaiti artist Al Qadiri’s works contemplate our fossil fuel consumption and how this impacts the environment. The chemical compounds of Benzene – a major component in oil, coal and gas production – are reimagined as inflatable and Murano glass sculptures on G. You can also visit Al Qadiri’s Deep Float bathtub sculpture on 3.

Devotion Strategy, 2022, Ottolinger A/W 22

Berlin-based Ottolinger’s A/W 22 sci-fi-esque presentation featured an inflatable black labyrinth by artist Jan Vorisek. For SUPERFUTURES, guests are invited to explore a reiteration of the eerie show, which questions the future of fashion and physicality. Please note this exhibit will be exiting Selfridges London on 18 September.

Raving Dahlia, 2021

Sevdaliza is an Iranian-Dutch singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director. The artist has created a hyperrealistic human machine that prompts us to rethink the future of humanity’s relationship with the ever-expanding field of robotics, as well as commenting on the ideals surrounding beauty, body and behaviour.