AkademieGalerie | Marlon Bellet, Antonia Schlenk "Days of Future Past"

"The stone reflected the rising of the second sun, I stood there, mesmerized by its slick, oily surface. As I passed my hand over it, the reflection of my armored fingers seemed foreign, like a mirrored stranger yearning for my touch." - Marlon Bellet

Marlon Bellet and Antonia Schlenk are building "armor" for the exhibition at the AkademieGalerie, which acts as a kind of second skin. These are produced using a wax-and-paper technique and adapted to the bodies of the two artists. The forms of the armor raise questions about the relationship between the human body and technology, the biological and the mythological. Marlon Bellet and Antonia Schlenk enter a familiar world with their newly formed bodies.