AUTOMATONS

FOR THE EXHIBITION ESBEN CREATED A SERIES OF ‘FLOWER DEVICES’ DEVELOPED IN ALIGNMENT WITH TABLEAU’S OWN UNCONVENTIONAL WORK WITH THE UNIVERSE SURROUNDING FLOWERS – ESSENTIALLY WORKING AGAINST THE CLASSICAL PRESUMPTION OF WHAT A BOUQUET LOOKS LIKE AND THE OBJECT CARRYING IT, AND ESPECIALLY HOW IT CARRIES IT.

THE TITLE AUTOMATONS REFERS TO A MACHINE, WHICH PERFORMS A RANGE OF FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED SET OF CODED INSTRUCTIONS – A MACHINE PROGRAMMED TO FOLLOW RULES MEETING SOMETHING ACTING OF FREE WILL; THE WORKS OF ESBEN ACTING AS THE ‘MACHINES’ AND THE FLOWERS ACTING AS THE ‘SOMETHING’.