FISH HOUSE
Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station•May 30, 2025 — Jun 29, 2025
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The first publicly accessible aquarium opened in London in 1853. Known as the Fish House, it was a major attraction on par with the great art exhibitions of the time. The aquarium revealed what had previously been invisible beneath the water’s surface. It made the mysterious wet something one could acquire. To see it was to own it.
The exhibition FISH HOUSE animates and explores the contradictory need to possess fluid life through two series of sculptures. Weighted bronze sculptures of swimming veils and empty containers with wooden legs reflect on the impossible task the aquarium takes on: the vibrant, diffuse, and boundless life in water that is simultaneously confined and exposed.
Historically in Victorian England, women were advised not to look at aquariums, as they were deemed too “dramatic” and “vulgar” for their “delicate” eyes. Perhaps it was this potent contradiction and impossibility they sensed; the aquarium must not exist. The aquarium’s popularity during...More
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FISH HOUSE
Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station•May 30, 2025 — Jun 29, 2025
Press Release
The first publicly accessible aquarium opened in London in 1853. Known as the Fish House, it was a major attraction on par with the great art exhibitions of the time. The aquarium revealed what had previously been invisible beneath the water’s surface. It made the mysterious wet something one could acquire. To see it was to own it.
The exhibition FISH HOUSE animates and explores the contradictory need to possess fluid life through two series of sculptures. Weighted bronze sculptures of swimming veils and empty containers with wooden legs reflect on the impossible task the aquarium takes on: the vibrant, diffuse, and boundless life in water that is simultaneously confined and exposed.
Historically in Victorian England, women were advised not to look at aquariums, as they were deemed too “dramatic” and “vulgar” for their “delicate” eyes. Perhaps it was this potent contradiction and impossibility they sensed; the aquarium must not exist. The aquarium’s popularity during...More
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