If you wander around @bonamatic at degnestavnen 17 you might encounter some weird flyers about the Mundane monsters posted near the supermarket, in the library or perhaps the the bus stop. With Qr codes that lead to augmented reality versions of the three Mundane Monsters Opening 17. February 5-7 pm 18. February til 18. March 2023 Kristoffer Ørum's exhibition poses a paradox and asks how we can get used to living in a world that is constantly changing with technological trends that constantly supplement, expand and reinforce the same reality with extra layers of information. Our everyday life is increasingly a mediated dimension that is permeated by the virtual and by digital systems; what yesterday was a disturbing future is what we fool around with today and voluntarily throw ourselves into. Three of Ørum's speculative monstrous beings from his performances, exhibitions and interventions are brought together to simultaneously popularize and problematize the relationship between nature, culture and technology. They are called forth from the cracks between the familiar and an imaginary world, the techno-scientific authoritative and a bizarre future fantasy. The title's English "mundane" contains an ambiguity, as the word means the everyday, while the Danish mondæn, which is also derived from mundus 'world', means something that rather belongs in the fine world. Rather than the unpredictable or yet imaginable future existing as a dark cage full of scary tomorrows piled together in a formless heap, the exhibition suggests new ways to consider familiar issues in the world we must constantly learn to live with . In the spatial installation, the physical world is combined with virtual data in 3D printed sculptures, augmented reality technology, video and wireless transmissions. The exhibition is accompanied by the website Mundanemonsters.oerum.org and a series of interventions in the local urban space. The exhibition is supported by The Danish Art Counsil. #kristofferorum #mundanemonsters #bonamatic @kristofferorum (at Bonamatic) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cow1jGJsFeU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=










