Installation shot from Dead Darlings #2 — Metamorphosis, 2006. Photo: Jan Franciszek Cieslak.

Our second auction took place at the invitation of one of our former participants — one of our first fans — who felt our event could fit into a series of works and performances he was programming after having received a grant.

Installation shot from Dead Darlings #2 — Metamorphosis, 2006. Photo: Jan Franciszek Cieslak.

It had been a year since our graduation and the theme of this auction, Metamorphosis, reflected that. Our work was changing; our way of working was changing, and darlings were falling between the cracks of those changes. We were in the real world now and had to find our place in it as did the work we made.

Photographs from the event

For our open call we invited artists to give us darlings that had become Dead Darlings because of an important transition in their makers’ oeuvres. I remember my work reflected a very awkward transition between photography and three-dimensional forms whereas Lina’s contribution was a clear comment on analogue versus digital.

Metamorphosis was also our very first catalogue. Putting it together was just as much work as planning the event itself, — and so worth it! We finished making it just hours before the auction and the result felt like a work in itself. Artist names were printed on small stickers that could be placed next to their work after the sale to complete the catalogue.

Participating Artists
(in alphabetical order)

Adam Etmanski
Alisa Ozerkina
Annaleen Louwes
André Avelãs
André van bergen
Anne de Vries
Anne Kittemann
Anuschka Bloomers
Bart Julius Peters
Carolin Reichert
Christian Falsnaes & so:ren
Christina Mabger
Constant Dullaart
Corina Künzli
Eiko Ishizawa
Elke Roelant
Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky
George Korsmit
Giorgos Gripeos
James Beckett
Janis Pönisch
Johannes Schwartz
Jules Buck Jones
Katja Mater
Lina Ozerkina
Liv Bugge
Maria Pask
Marianne Kalsbeek
Marianne Vierø
Marnix Goosens
Mark Bain
Melanie Bonajo
Michiel Kluiters
Mina Wu
Nathalie Bruys
Niels Schumm
Nuno Carrusca
Oran Hoffmann
Orly Nurany
Paris Tselios
Paul Kooiker
Qiu Yang
Rebecca Sakoun
Rein Graven
Ruth van Beek
Saskia Janssen
Semâ Bekirovic
Sharon Tims
Tania Theodorou
Thijs Kauffmann
Tian-sying Yang
Tunç Topçuoglu
Vincent Zedelius
Voin de Voin
Will Holder
Yutaka Hoshino
Zhana Ivanova / Karen Røise Kielland