The Wasps Are Stinging Themselves Dry
Tkalka Gallery•Oct 24, 2025 — Nov 28, 2025
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In the present, we will search in vain for a reliable sense of safety and predictability. With every step of progress, new burdens arise—burdens that can be observed as a form of causality akin to an everyday version of Everett’s many-worlds interpretation. With each new object, event, or change, reality splits into infinite possibilities of existence that delineate our choices and paths. Younger generations have not grown up with a sense of guaranteed events; every part of what once constituted self-evident milestones of life has been called into question.
One way of seeking security lies in the accumulation of objects. Even when this does not develop into a pathological disorder that overwhelms living spaces, the gathering of clothes, books, clippings, and other items provides a sense of protection, for at least these cannot be immediately taken from us. In this way, we create a safe space for ourselves, where objects and information are always within reach. A similar…
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The Wasps Are Stinging Themselves Dry
Tkalka Gallery•Oct 24, 2025 — Nov 28, 2025
Press Release
In the present, we will search in vain for a reliable sense of safety and predictability. With every step of progress, new burdens arise—burdens that can be observed as a form of causality akin to an everyday version of Everett’s many-worlds interpretation. With each new object, event, or change, reality splits into infinite possibilities of existence that delineate our choices and paths. Younger generations have not grown up with a sense of guaranteed events; every part of what once constituted self-evident milestones of life has been called into question.
One way of seeking security lies in the accumulation of objects. Even when this does not develop into a pathological disorder that overwhelms living spaces, the gathering of clothes, books, clippings, and other items provides a sense of protection, for at least these cannot be immediately taken from us. In this way, we create a safe space for ourselves, where objects and information are always within reach. A similar…
