Re-evolution
19.05.2006 - 24.06.2006
Under the title Re-Evolution, Juul explores hypothetical scenarios depicting the future of our species.
The result is a freaky experiment which looks colourful and funny on the surface, creepy and unsettling when you stop to consider the implications.
His exhibition presents a series of sculptures which parody society’s obsession with the future, and with "keeping up with the times" through the compulsive consumption of technologically sophisticated, utterly useless gadgets.
What impact is the increasing ubiquity of technology in every aspect of our life, having on the evolution of our species? Are the digital and scientific revolutions we are witnessing accelerating the pace of evolution or distorting it?
His signature pieces are the extraordinarily intricate sculptures he creates using different types of plastics, and electronic circuits. The pieces, which appear to be industrially produced, are the result of true craftsmanship. The techniques used by this artist involve, creating his own moulds, combining different types of plastic with different pigments in order to obtain an extraordinarily rich palate of colors, textures and finishes. Each piece is the result of a painstaking process of super imposition of layers, each polished by hand in order to obtain their characteristic “shiny glass” appearance.
