Brussels and Aarhus based artists Camille Corleone, Antonin Gerson and Lucie Payoux, have come together to produce a two week in-situ exhibition reflecting on humanity’s relationship to ruin, that is; the disintegration of society, the erosion of it’s structures, and the beauty to be found in the recycling of objects and structures.

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Renewal as a subject is one of integral consideration should we as a species wish to continue as all things that are old are soon for ruin, a mighty tree falls and becomes the substance for new seeds to grow. Much the same, buildings used for industry become redundant, or close, and soon become artist workshops and exhibition spaces, as is the case with KH7 ArtSpace, and many other buildings in the Sydhavnen district.

Beyond a spatial and political dimension, the idea of degeneration constitutes a real plastic interest. This allows us to reflect on the development of the work, on the conditions of creation because although ruin is a byproduct of advancement in time, this phenomenon is also a regression which let reappear the origins of an object.

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In another sense, this back and forth will lead the way for an aesthetic and a search for imperfection or anomaly whose mechanisms will also be revealed by this erosion.

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A third case, and it really comes back to the idea of rebirth and a second life, Buds of Ruins will offer a whole new horizon, an unexpected plastic proposition, which nevertheless brings the stakes of the ruined object from which it comes.

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In the artistic landscape, many exhibition spaces come into existence from the repurposing of structures seen as redundant, i.e abandoned buildings and ancient ruins, and thus serve as the incubation chambers for creative voices and lead to the revitalisation of entire suburbs or districts. These three artists will work on a plastique dialogue over the duration of 10 days, in which they will exploring this theme of ruin in connection with the environmental and architectural concerns.

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From the origins of an object to the destruction of is functionality, how can the contemporary artist give it a second life, and inspire the greater community to follow in suit. Buds of Ruins proposes a closer inspection at the The First Law of Thermodynamics, which states “that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Therefore when any physical change occurs, the total energy of the universe must remain the same.”, and thus asks the question “What can be from what has already been?”.