RECONSTRUCTED NATURE Luke & Nik 27.06–03.08.2024

past exhibition

19 Jun

Announcement

Oblong is excited to present Reconstructed Nature: The Collaborative Process, an exhibition by artist duo Luke & Nik.

Join us for the opening on Thursday 27th June, 17:00-21:00. Sponsored by Kronenbourg.

The exhibition is supported by Knud Højgaards Fond

The exhibition runs 27.06 - 03.08.24

Curator: Jonathan Lieb

Production Coordinator: Beth Carter-Woodhouse

Graphic Designer: Tom Booth Woodger

Related Programming

Opening on Thursday 27th June 17.00-21.00

Luke & Nik have a concurrent exhibition from the same body of work showing in London at Photo Fusion in Brixton running 19.06 - 20.07.24

Exhibition Statement

Reconstructed Nature is the culmination of years of collaboration and interplay between visual artists Luke Norman and Nik Adam. The exhibition brings together a vibrant collection of new works - photographs, contact sheets, video and 8mm film - spliced together in a colourful celebration of the natural environment.

Living in Copenhagen and London respectively, the duo have developed a unique workflow. Inspired by the nature of both Denmark and England, the pair explore their environments individually. They document, catalogue and record, sharing their field work with one another, before revisioning and reinterpreting each other’s image-making. Despite the challenges of distance, the pair work in synergy, employing and adapting traditional analogue processes. Reconstructed Nature forms a dialogue between two artists bound by their personal connection to nature.

Luke & Nik encourage us to contemplate our own relationship to the environment; how we may utilise, play and express ourselves during the time spent in the spaces that nature provides. Fostering connections to nature is about more than simply spending time outdoors, it's about what we do with that time, and how we feel; nature as remedy rather than commodity.

Reconstructed Nature encourages us to be creative within our local habitat, while better striving to keep in sync with nature’s rhythms.

Artist

Luke Norman and Nik Adam are an artist duo based in Copenhagen and London respectively. They have worked together since 2007, when they first met studying Photography at the University of Creative Arts, UK. Luke & Nik work collaboratively across all elements of their practice, from editorial and commercial to personal projects. Their works have featured in Dazed, The Fader, New York Magazine, Foam Magazine, Wallpaper* and British Journal of Photography. Their works have been shown internationally at Schau Photo Festival, Dortmund (2014), Signal Gallery, New York (2014), Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam (2015), The Photographers’ Gallery, London (2017), Somerset House, London (2018) and Oblong, Copenhagen (2022).