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Venue:
gfzk - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Karl–Tauchnitz–Str. 9-11
04107 Leipzig
gfzk.de

Threshold Magic is Morten Bjerre's graduation project. Four monstrous fingers protrude from the ground in the garden of the GfZK. The sculpture can be interpreted in various ways. For Bjerre, grotesque and monstrous forms embody a lively tension between order and chaos. Fear can open a door to a possible change. The project was prompted by the diagnosis of early-stage multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease.

"This experience put me in a 'threshold state' - a borderline area that forced me to take a fresh look at my relationship to my body, my mind and the world around me. In the limbo between the life I knew - unencumbered by the uncertainty that MS triggers in me - and a future I had not yet fully understood or accepted, I felt the sense of control slipping through my fingers. This in-between state was confusing and scary, but also strangely captivating and vivid."

Morten Bjerre grew up in Denmark. His site-specific sculptures often appear as creatures that enter into a dialogue with their surroundings. With Threshold Magic, he is completing his studies in Prof Joachim Blank's class for installation and space at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB).