We began by looking at our own practices and those of our peers to find a theme that genuinely reflected the inner struggle that might lead to the murder of a darling.

Dead Darlings #4 — Inadvertent Copy, 2009. Photo: Kathrin Klingner.

After hearing about quite a few of these cases from artists across the board, we came up with Inadvertent Copy.

Dead Darlings #4 — Inadvertent Copy, 2009. Photo: Kathrin Klingner.

This remains one of my favorite Dead Darlings editions to date because it was fun, informative and exciting but also included a wistful, regretful feeling since many of these works would not normally have been killed by the artist: they were ‘killed’ by the discovery of a previously created doppleganger.

More photographs from the event

One of our most challenging locations, a former gay sauna annexed at the time by Mediamatic, set the tone for one of our most chaotic and grueling events. Of course, this is the one my mother came to see.

Dead Darlings #4 — Inadvertent Copy, 2009. Photo: Kathrin Klingner.

Participating Artists:

Adam Etmanski
Amy Wong
André van Bergen
Anika Schwarzlose
Annaleen Louwes
Anne de Vries
Anuschka Blommers
/ Niels Schumm
Bonno van Doorn
Brian D. Mckenna
Carolin Leszczinski
Carolin Reichert
Cécile Noguès
Charlott Markus
Dorinde de Tempe
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky
Federico Campanale
Hanna Mattes
Idan Hayosh
Jaap Scheeren
James Beckett
Johannes Schwartz
Joseph Marzolla
Kathrin Klingner
Kato Tan
Krista van der Niet
Marc Schoneveld
Marianne Vierø
Marnix Goossens
Matthias Tharang
Melanie Bonajo
Mike Ottink
Miklos Gaál
Mu Xue
Nadine Hottenrott
Nathalie Bruys
Nikos Doulos
Olivier Genoud
Pantelis Makkas
Paris Tselios
Paul Kooiker
Paulien Oltheten
Pindar
Qiu Yang
Rebecca Sakoun
Risk Hazekamp
Roberto Voorbij
Ruth van Beek
Sabina van der Linden
Sara van der Heide
Semâ Bekirovic
Simon Wald-Lasowski
Tania Theodorou
Thomas Monses
Tunç Topçuoglu
Tzvetana Tchakarova
Tzvika Gutter
Vela Arbutina
Vincent Zedelius
Voin de Voin
Yael Davids
Yota Ioannidou