Potential Energy — Energy Potential
Winter 2025
nguyen-may — X3
Potential Energy — Energy Potential — Winter 2025
wood, acrylic glass, engraved metal, thermoformed PET
X3 reproduces and fragments the collectible object and exaggerates its display into a site of devotion. Based on the concept of Database Animals it extends fandom culture to a contemporary condition characterized by hyperreality, flatness and commodity consumption, where surface-level affect becomes almost sacred.
credits: Nils Kreter, Jonas Nechleba, Justus Ratzke, Benjamin Seidel