Kasper Andreasen — High Capacity

+++ This exhibition ran from 29 September to 22 October 2023. +++

From 1998 to 2003, the artist Kasper Andreasen collected printed ephemera from London, Copenhagen, Prague, and Amsterdam. When he moved to Berlin in 2016, he rediscovered all that material, kept in moving boxes, and asked himself whether he should do something with it or simply throw it away. By 2017, he’d decided to make collages with it. But the project came to a sudden halt when he ran into technical problems finding the right photocopier for reproducing the images: copiers had, in fact, become too modern. It was not until 2021 that Andreasen was able to track down an old copier in a copy shop and make the reproductions. Despite some continued problems, these collages were finally forged into an exhibition and a book in 2023. Alongside the 200 original collages on view, Andreasen presented a projection of an animated printing press based on a video registration made in the printer’s neighborhood of Lima.

The High Capacity exhibition dealt with a distinct (personalized) collection of printed ephemera; it related to traces of text and image, the act of collaging, and the general visibility of print from a specific period of time. The works in the exhibition also addressed an interesting conflict: the presence and profusion of printing versus the obsolescence of printed matter. High Capacity confronted the audience with printing as a “pressing matter”.

Kasper Andreasen lives and works in Berlin and Ghent, where he teaches at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK). His work primarily engages with acts of drawing, often as related to aspects of mapping, writing, and printing. He also curates exhibitions on artists’ books and related media and is an avid producer of all types of printed matter.

The accompanying publication was designed and edited in close collaboration with Toni Uroda and published by Roma Publications. Many thanks to Liliane Dewachter, Roger Willems, Jan Kempenaers, Sabine Herrygers, Viola Eickmeier, Erik van der Weijde, Nina Woodson and Miho Karolyi for their help in realizing this project. Printed with the support of the Flemish Authorities. Contact info@muhka.be to check whether the book is still available in the museum shop

High Capacity, Kasper Andreasen
Roma Publication 454
Designed by Toni Uroda
21 x 29,7 cm, 208 pages, offset
ISBN: 978‐94‐6446‐048‐3
Price: € 30 (available in the museum bookshop)