SUPERFLEX, Three Flies Staring at Each Other (on a Glass of Water), 2025. Resin 3D print, acrylic paint, steel needle, glass, silicon, 3.94 x 4.13 x 3.94 in. (10 x 10.5 x 10 cm). Image courtesy of SUPERFLEX and Kukje Gallery.
Join Jakob Fenger, co-founder of Danish artist collective SUPERFLEX, for an in-person walkthrough of the group’s exhibition Rainbows, Sponges, Flies, and Spoons at the MAK Center at the Schindler House.
The exhibition brings together a focused presentation of works spanning more than three decades of the collective’s practice. Through subtle manipulations of familiar objects and images, the works produce moments of humor and estrangement while exploring questions of infrastructure, ecological interdependence, and collective perception.
Space is limited and registration is required. The walkthrough is included in the price of admission at the MAK Center at the Schindler House.
SUPERFLEX
SUPERFLEX was founded in 1993 by Jakob Fenger, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, and Rasmus Rosengren Nielsen. Conceived as an expanded collective, SUPERFLEX has consistently worked with a wide variety of collaborators, from gardeners to engineers to audience members. Engaging with alternative models for the creation of social and economic organisation, their works have taken the form of energy systems, beverages, sculptures, copies, hypnosis sessions, infrastructure, paintings, plant nurseries, contracts, and public spaces.
Working in and outside the physical location of the exhibition space, SUPERFLEX has been engaged in major public space projects since their award-winning Superkilen opened in Copenhagen in 2011. These projects often involve participation, incorporating the input of local communities, specialists, and children. Taking the idea of collaboration even further, recent works have involved soliciting the participation of other species. SUPERFLEX has been developing a new kind of urbanism that includes the perspectives of plants and animals, aiming to move society toward interspecies living. For SUPERFLEX, the best idea might come from a fish.
SUPERFLEX’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Tate Modern, London (2017); MoMA, New York (2012); the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (2010); Kunsthaus Graz (2021); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2013); and ICA San Diego (2024), among many others. The collective has participated in major international exhibitions and biennials including the Venice Biennale (2003, 2024), Gwangju Biennale (2002, 2018), Liverpool Biennial (2002, 2012), and Sharjah Biennial (2003, 2017). Their works are held in major public collections including Tate Modern; MoMA; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; and MUSAC.
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SUPERFLEX: Rainbows, Sponges, Flies, and Spoons
June 12, 2026 – September 13, 2026
SUPERFLEX: Rainbows, Sponges, Flies, and Spoons is presented in partnership with 1301PE.
Support for the exhibition generously provided by David Johnson. Special thanks to Brian Butler from 1301PE and Kukje Gallery.
Generous in-kind support provided by UniFor.
