Mixed media, textiles from many countries across the world, ceramics, sound, various wood species. Variable dimensions.
Solo show at Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, Denmark. 
Exhibition period: April 5 - September 21 2025.

With Almost not spoken yet, the artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang presents a sensory and poetic total installation, where visual, tactile, and auditory elements are woven together into a larger holistic experience.
The exhibition explores the connections that bind us across continents, cultures, and generations, highlighting the shared "We" in a world marked by conflict. Visitors are invited to reflect on our global history and interconnectedness, as well as the exchanges of materials, craftsmanship, visual expressions, ideas, food culture, and ways of life that have shaped our collective existence over time.
Almost not spoken yet insists on a language that transcends the vocabulary of division, instead emphasizing humanity, care, and presence. At the heart of the exhibition lies the origin of materials and the time-consuming, delicate processes behind each individual artwork.
Textiles:
Textiles play a recurring role in the exhibition. For several years, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang have collected fabric from countries across the world—textiles with visible traces of use, carrying histories and imprints of past lives. Flag-like objects, adorned with intricately embroidered motifs and phrases sourced from news media, travels, and books, function as echoes of reality. The textiles are mounted on flagpoles made from different types of wood, each with its own story of origin and significance.
Ceramics:
Another central element in the exhibition is ceramic vessels—jars, vases, and bowls crafted from various types of clay. These objects borrow their forms from different parts of the world, evoking associations with food storage, family life, and communal meals. Arranged in a circle, the sculptures appear to partake in a silent negotiation, a wordless dialogue about coexistence through time. The ceramic vessels also carry inscribed phrases that invite visitors to read and reflect.
The sound of the world:
A diverse soundscape flows through the exhibition space—a collage of voices, animal sounds, the whispering of nature, church bells, and city noise, recorded by the artists and interwoven with found sound fragments. This auditory composition adds an insistent, sensory layer, inviting visitors to experience the works through shifting moods and impressions.
Among the exhibition's many elements lies an underlying awareness of our shared responsibility for the world we inhabit. The future vibrates just beneath the surface—an uncertain and fragile entity in an era where our planet seems to be accelerating toward the unpredictable. Almost not spoken yet calls for contemplation, community, and a deeper understanding of the threads that connect us all.
The exhibition is generously supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, Augustinus Foundation, Knud Højgaard's Foundation, Overretssagfører L. Zeuthen’s Mindelegat, Insero Horsens, and the Danish Art Workshops. Thank you for making the woodwork, Victor Bech Nielsen.

Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen.