"Rum, Sodomy, and the lash" @ Eden Eden

Stephen G. Rhodes, Unknown Dance #3 (estrangement ritual), 2012
Mixed media
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash” Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Ed Atkins & Simon Thompson
News
24h news
Courtesy the artists, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin and Cabinet, London

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash” Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Texts by Contemporary Art Writing Daily

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin

Tony Conrad, Untitled, 2014
Glass with metal hardware
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled (Bjarne Melgaard Interviews Leo Bersani)
2011
Digital video
Courtesy the artist, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise New York and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Karl Andersson
Breaking Boy News
2011-2014
Newspaper, magazine, book
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Catharine Ahearn, Lamps with generator, 2015
Home made lava lamps
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Steve Reinke, The Natural Look, 2014, HD video

Stephen G. Rhodes, Reversed Incontience, Bengalis Regained. (Year 3) " " (Year 4), 2015

Ed Atkins, Untitled, 2015, Laser Cut Perspex

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Stephen G. Rhodes, Unknown Dance #3 (estrangement ritual), 2012
Mixed media
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash” Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Ed Atkins & Simon Thompson
News
24h news
Courtesy the artists, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin and Cabinet, London

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash” Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Texts by Contemporary Art Writing Daily

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin

Tony Conrad, Untitled, 2014
Glass with metal hardware
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled (Bjarne Melgaard Interviews Leo Bersani)
2011
Digital video
Courtesy the artist, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise New York and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Karl Andersson
Breaking Boy News
2011-2014
Newspaper, magazine, book
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Catharine Ahearn, Lamps with generator, 2015
Home made lava lamps
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Catharine Ahearn, Lamps with generator, 2015
Home made lava lamps
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Steve Reinke, The Natural Look, 2014, HD video

Stephen G. Rhodes, Reversed Incontience, Bengalis Regained. (Year 3) " " (Year 4), 2015

Ed Atkins, Untitled, 2015, Laser Cut Perspex

Installation view “Rum, Sodomy, and the lash”
Eden Eden, Berlin 2015/16

Rum, Sodomy, and the lash
20 October 2015 - 16 January 2016
Eden Eden, Berlin

Organised by Ed Atkins and James Richards.

With Catharine Ahearn, Contemporary Art Writing Daily, Tony Conrad, Karl Andersson, Morag Keil, Bjarne Melgaard, Steve Reinke, Stephen G. Rhodes, Simon Thompson and Peter Wächtler.

A review of this exhibition is included in our print edition SPIKE ART QUARTERLY N° 46 and can be ordered from our online shop.

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"Rum, Sodomy, and the lash" @ Eden Eden

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