2026
Duo exhibition at Comb, Copenhaguen.

Photo:  Erdal Bilici

“4 by 8 1/2” is a 3D printed 1:10 scale model reproduction of a 4 meter high by 8 1/2 meter wide LED wall. The work explores the structures and architectures that the display of contemporary images generate. The grey monochrome screen doesn’t display any images, stripped of its function it becomes an image itself. What remains is the physical manifestation of our relationship to images, and how we use them to scaffold our narration of the present. A fragile separation wall held only by our beliefs in it. 

The jester-like character on the floor is a recurring figure in Valentin Gillet’s work, it is featured in a previous short film titled “Dream House”, also centered around a fiction involving an LED screen as one of its main characters. This archetypal figure is reminiscent of theatrical forms of narration, it embodies a playful yet uninhibited illusion. Existing solely as an image, unbound from any medium, surface or time duration, it moves freely across worlds, leaving bridges behind for us to follow.