Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer The series draws on a book by the Danish botanist Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer (born February 15th, 1813, Eveldrup; died April 21th, 1842, Copenhagen), published in 1838, at which point Drejer was 25 years old. Flora Danica From 1841 to 1842, Drejer served as editor of Flora Danica. He did not… Continue reading ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’
Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall
Light snowfall over the Garden of the Royal Danish Library (also known as The Royal Library Gardens), which was designed in 1920 by architects Jens Peder Andersen and Thorvald Jørgensen. The Garden of the Royal Danish Library, one of the oldest university library gardens in Europe, known as Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have in Danish, or… Continue reading Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall
“The Time Is Out of Joint” / Shakespeare’s Hamlet
This started out as a photo of the coastline of Sweden seen from Hellerup, Denmark, in a somewhat dystopian light punctuated by the distant silhouette of the Barsebäck nuclear power plant. Initially, the photo was titled ‘Last Day of March,’ after someone nearby said, ‘This looks like the end of everything.’ While reading Jacques Derrida’s… Continue reading “The Time Is Out of Joint” / Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Degas’ Obsession, and the Artificiality of Art
The oldest light we can observe, the cosmic microwave background radiation, is nearly 14 billion years old. D defining trait of light is that it cannot be owned, at least not yet. In a sense, trees can archive light temporarily through photosynthesis and transform it into chemical energy. A line can be said to span… Continue reading Degas’ Obsession, and the Artificiality of Art
Gibson, Wordsworth, Shakespeare (3 x Williams)
In 2011 I wrote a system poem. In 2025 I finished a photography-based work, ICE | July | 1982, built around the idea of William Gibson’s Black ICE: the membrane that, in Neuromancer, protects data against intrusion. In 2026 I returned to the same poetic structure with Sun: 72 Solar Poems for 72 Eclipses, which… Continue reading Gibson, Wordsworth, Shakespeare (3 x Williams)
Sandflugtsmonumentet, Tisvilde / The Sand Drift Monument, Tisvilde
On May 20th, when I was ten years old, I had tonsillitis. It was probably due to sheer excitement and nervousness over the fact that my mother and father were getting married. On the way to the wedding at Tibirke Church, my mother and grandfather stopped at the avenue leading up to the Sandflugtsmonumentet (The… Continue reading Sandflugtsmonumentet, Tisvilde / The Sand Drift Monument, Tisvilde
‘Objects for an Ideal Home’
The ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ series is inspired by a 1999 music album, in the electronica genre, as it was labeled in the mid-90s, by that name. ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ was produced and released by the Danish musician Opiate (Thomas Knak) on the record label April Records. In 2009, a 20th anniversary… Continue reading ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’
Viktor Shklovsky: On Flax from ‘On Freedom of Art’
Flax, if it had a voice, would be screaming while processed. It’s grabbed by the head and pulled out of the ground. Roots and all. It’s sown thickly for self-suppression, so that it grows stunted and does not branch out. Flax needs oppression. It’s pulled around. It’s spread-eagled on the fields, and elsewhere soaked in… Continue reading Viktor Shklovsky: On Flax from ‘On Freedom of Art’
Sun: 72 Poems for 72 Solar Eclipses
Sun is a system poem built on Saros 126, a cycle of 72 solar eclipses running from 1179 to 2459. The number 72 governs everything else. The core is a grid of ten words: three nouns (apertures, apparitions, auguries), three verbs (align, thicken, emerge) and four adverbs (rhythmically, vertically, recursively, now). Each poem takes one… Continue reading Sun: 72 Poems for 72 Solar Eclipses
