replica 1a.gölk
Curation: X.S. Hou & Jack WedgeVenue: Offline Gallery, NYC
Opening - Closing Dates: 8 July 2025 - 25 July 2025
Model: Phoebe Jane Hart
Photography: Furkan Temir
replica 1a.gölk, is a mechanical instrument made primarily of wood, with elements of aluminum, steel, and resin. It is modeled after a spiritual concentration device once used by the ancient civilization of planet Kepler-452b.
It is believed that farmers began each day by engaging with this tool as part of a ritual for spiritual attunement, awakening their senses to perceive the subtle presence of underground foliage while harvesting. This practice transformed routine labor into a form of sacred communion with the living systems beneath the soil.
Some records suggest that artists of the same civilization also used the device, possibly to access altered states of perception or to align their creative impulses with planetary rhythms.
In reactivating this speculative artifact, the work offers a new mythology, one that honors lost forms of knowledge and reimagines the sacred within our technological present.
