Suits made of old inherited fabric, flags, embroideries, figurine of Justitia, fluorescent paint, UV LED bars. The light is changing between white and black every 30 seconds. Variable dimensions.
Site-specific installation at Herning Højskole.

In a wing of the building, which used to function as the students’ common room, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang created a terrifyingly poignant work that reflects the alarming racist and nationalist political sentiments popping up globally. Culled from message boards and comment sections online, a series of hate-filled words and sentences are scrawled in luminous fluorescent paint on white walls, and only appear under black light. Visitors enter an all-white, uninspiring and unfurnished room with a small kitchen and several white flags hanging in the middle of the space; after a couple minutes, the room goes dark and all the messages become visible. Hesselholdt & Mejlvang’s work often deals with nationalistic tendencies, and this time seeks to reveal the increasing presence of unchecked hate speech in all corners of the internet.

Included in the Socle du Monde Biennale 2017 at HEART Museum of Modern Art Herning, Denmark.
Curated by Olivier Varenne.
Artists: Agostino Bonalumi, Ana Prvacki, Anders Bonnesen, Anthony Gormley, Armando, Art Barter, Asger Jorn, Belu Simion-Farinaru, Cameron Robbins, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Charles Fréger, Chiharu Shiota, Christian Megert, Conrad Shawcross, Dadamaino, Enrico Castellani, Ernest Mancoba, Eva Steen Christensen, Francois Morellet, Gerhard Von Graevenitz, Gianni Colombo, Günther Uecker, Gutai, Hannah Heilmann, Hans Haacke, Hans Salentin, Heinz Mack, Henk Peeters, Herman Bartels, Herman De Vries, Hermann Goepfert, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Ilia & Emilia Kabakov, Jan J. Schoonhoven, Jef Verheyen, Keisuke Matsuura, Kimsooja, Koen Vanmechelen, Lindsay Seers, Lucio Fontana, Mahsa Karimizadeh, Mischa Kuball, Nanda Vigo, Oliver Beer, Oskar Holweck, Otto Piene, Paul Gadegaard, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Piero Manzoni, Rirkrit Tiravenija, Romuald Hazoume, Sadamaso Motonaga, Shen Yuan, Spencer Tunick, Sven Dalsgaard, Tomás Saraceno, Walter Leblanc, Wim Delvoye, Yayoi Kusama, Yves Klein, Zoro Feigl.

Photo: Ole Jørgensen.