Revelation Engine — Alex Hamish Millar

R e V e l a t i o n E n g i n e

BLOKK, Bergen (2024)

_{‘Ascender’ (2024) – gannet bird skull, machined metal, calipers – 25 x 6 x 13 cm.}

_{‘The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images’ – Exhibition detail: ‘Trees’ (pp 130 & 131) – Taschen, 2010 – poplar wood shelf – 2024.}

_{‘Untitled’ (2024) – Installation view: plasterboard ‘labyrinth,’ pine wood – dimensions variable.}

_{‘Ariadne’s crown’ (2024) – Detail: motorcycle windshield, thread, guinea fowl feather, 1 krone coin (crown), metal rail, wheels – dimensions variable – 2024.}

_{‘Ariadne’s crown’ (2024) – motorcycle windshield, selenite crystal (gypsum plaster), thread (Ariadne’s thread), guinea fowl feather, 1 krone coin (crown), rock, motor, metal rail, wheels (constellation Corona Borealis connected to the Greek myth of the Labyrinth and Theseuas, Ariadne and the Minotaur) – dimensions variable – 2024.}

_{‘Ariadne’s crown’ – Detail: selenite crystal (plaster).}

_{‘Untitled (2024)’ – set square, framed digital print of pine forest, broken mirror – 60 x 40cm – 2024.}

_{‘Alchemical tree’ (2024) – spruce log, grass snake, broken iphone, motorised saw blade, plastic strut, charcoal – 2024.}

_{‘Alchemical tree’ (2024) – Detail: spruce log, motorised saw blade, charcoal – 2024.}

_{‘Untitled’ (2024) – Installation view: plasterboard ‘labyrinth,’ pine wood – dimensions variable.}

_{‘Gaia’ (2024) – Tree root, Berlin wall fragment (broken off in 1989 by my mother when she was 6-months pregnant with me), gold chain that belonged to my grandmother, fossilised lobster claw, pheasant feather, protractor – 50 x 20 x 15cm – 2024.}

_{‘Gaia’ (2024) – Detail: tree root, Berlin wall fragment (broken off in 1989 by my mother when she was 6-months pregnant with me), protractor.}

_{‘Gaia’ (2024) – Detail: tree root, gold chain that belonged to my grandmother, fossilised lobster claw.}