Dirty end
MFA Grad show
9.7.2026 - 12.7.2026
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
MFA Grad show
9.7.2026 - 12.7.2026
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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“Munching,” a term originally describing the steady, rhythmic chewing of food accompanied by a crisp, crunching sound, refers ironically in the context of demolition to a controlled and quieter method of destruction, valued for minimizing noise, dust, and vibration. Here, the machine is endowed with a biological persona, as if a giant creature were swinging its jaws, “eating” the building in a slow, relentless rhythm. This “munching” process possesses a certain mechanical clumsiness — raw and brutal in its exertion — yet its “food” is instantly mangled and spat out upon entry.
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Machines and weapons share the same principle: superior force destroys.
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Objects undergo changes in their states. They are manufactured, utilized, transferred, discarded, and destroyed. The moment they are given up, they turn from private to public; the moment they are forcibly given up, they also turn from private to public.
“Munching,” a term originally describing the steady, rhythmic chewing of food accompanied by a crisp, crunching sound, refers ironically in the context of demolition to a controlled and quieter method of destruction, valued for minimizing noise, dust, and vibration. Here, the machine is endowed with a biological persona, as if a giant creature were swinging its jaws, “eating” the building in a slow, relentless rhythm. This “munching” process possesses a certain mechanical clumsiness — raw and brutal in its exertion — yet its “food” is instantly mangled and spat out upon entry.
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Machines and weapons share the same principle: superior force destroys.
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Objects undergo changes in their states. They are manufactured, utilized, transferred, discarded, and destroyed. The moment they are given up, they turn from private to public; the moment they are forcibly given up, they also turn from private to public.