Dan Lie
the Reek

Artist
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Title
The Reek

Year of creation
2024

Technology and dimension
Mixed media / variable

Year of acquisition
2025

Acquired by the friends of the National Gallery and Riller & Schnauck.

Then practice reads the course of time, the interaction between human and non-human organisms and the creation of habitats that are organized without human intervention.
"The Reek" is a local installation that integrates the four pillars in the exhibition room. This environment is part of what Dan Lie calls "Living-and-Dying installations" (living and dying installations). Your elements are activated by non-human entities such as mushrooms, plants, bacteria and insects. These residents who go through growth and decay processes create sensory perceptions.
All components change in the course of the exhibition and are in constant transformation. Central to "The Reek" is the varying smell that forms an invisible architecture that causes memories and emotions.