Jamila Drott
Maxime Hourani
Maia Torp Neergaard
Kristoffer Ørum
Curator Kevin Malcolm (Vermilion Sands, DK.
At the Edge II builds thematically on previous exhibition projects, where questions of place and identity, especially in relation to architecture and urban planning, were framed. At the Edge Part I was shown at Vermilion Sands in Copenhagen in the autumn of 2024. Part II is an extension of a first exhibition that will have a clearer connection to Malmö as a place and context. This series of exhibitions examine the role of the artist and the art space in urban transformations, while being situated in broader discussions about place, capitalism and identity, urban space, speculation and gentrification.
They laughed (as if the void belonged to them) 2025. Installation view. Photo: OMN.
They laughed (as if the void belonged to them) I. Burned car paint on steel. 100 x 100 cm. 2025.
They laughed (as if the void belonged to them) II. Burned car paint on steel. 100 x 100 cm. 2025.
A pause, an eviction. Something to invoke Nothing.
Reading, sacrifice and farewell ceremony revolving around the works They laughed (as if the void belonged to them) 2015-2025, by Jamila Drott
Jamila Drott’s metal works They laughed (as if the void belonged to them) came about during sporadic wanderings in the then (2015) partially abandoned track area between Nørrebro Station, Bispebjerg and Ryparken station. Found objects and traces of previous activities from the site were used as materials, tools and methods. Ten years later (2025) the two existing images were burnt and reemerged in the image in which they are now shown.
Sunday 13 April we gather to bid farewell and to dwell in the void. Please join us at the gallery at 15.00 (the exhibition At the Edge II is on view from 13.00) for a communal reading followed by a joint walk to the edge of town, where the final ceremony will take place. The reading and rite is facilitated by Jamila Drott.
A pause, an eviction. Something to invoke Nothing, 2025.