Fast-moving forward in the fantasy of the past. We have lost our sense of place. Confronted with the illusion of time, deep inside the sensation of always wanting more.

In a system of cycles, we try to find a sense of real in our present. But there is no real, reality is just a space of illusions that people can agree on, until the next cycle begins.

In this space, we produce. We produce this space.

In a cycle, where presenting cultural expectation rootlessly attaches us to ourselves, we find ourselves understanding a logic we cannot feel. We are grounded in a wealth of unknowns – economized – made known.

The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice brings together twenty-eight artists figuring out what it means to be human.

Each artist oscillates between self-understanding and cultural expectation. Located somewhere in the middle, they create an extension of themselves, a mirror from which they may better understand their position in the present, relation to the past, and anxieties around the future.

Artists
Michelle Gevint
Sarah Howe
Chantal Powell
Adeline de Monseignat
Victor Seaward
Thomas Adam
Brett Wallace
Alice Irwin
Luca Bosani
Ella Belenky
Saskia Fischer
Kawita Vatanajyankur
Dominic Till
Seungwon Jung
Chris Klapper / Patrick Gallagher
Yambe Tam
Jan Dams
Alexander Glass
Stewart Hardie
Andrew Hart
Aaron Hegert
Stuart Jones
Thomas Kuijpers
Ashley Middleton
Katie Ellen Fields