Multiplex - Carl Gent

Multiplex is a durational project by Carl Gent that consists of sculptural works that are activated at a specific time during a series of performances and events during summer.
Through the process of making absinthe, the sculptures take on a duality; as both art object and tool for production. A space is created in which the works gesture towards the cultural and geographical associations surrounding the consumption of absinthe, contesting perceived truths and non-truths, opening up towards our theological concerns regarding poisoning and final judgement.

PERFORMANCE AND EVENT SCHEDULE
First Maceration: 14 July
Distillation: 28 July
Second Maceration: 18 August (private view only)
Absinth Drinking (Song): 1 September

Carl Gent is an artist, musician and writer from Bexhill-on-sea, UK. They obtained their MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London (2015) and their BA (Hons) Fine Art from UCA, Farnham (2009). Recent exhibitions and performances include Wiðercwedolu þá Glésincga, The Residence Gallery, London; De Regreso a la Isla, Casal Solleric, Mallorca; L’Heure Verte: 1st Tasting, Green Ray, London; Questions for Meliza hosted by cosmoscarl.com; Tongue of the Preinoculated #2 (Song for the Destructor Flue), the Museum of Technology at Cambridge; Bad Truth for the IV Moscow Biennale for Young Art; and Gnats Inside the Wind Transposed for the Proterozoic Eon broadcast on All Silent but for the Broadcast, Royal College of Art Galleries, London.

KELDER is a curatorial project space that aims to expand on traditional modes of display and in turn offer up alternative ways of disseminating contemporary art. Founded as a non-profit organisation by Rudi Christian Ferreira and Adrienne Groen in 2016, KELDER is generously supported by Mercer & Co.