Simon Denny
Helsing HX-2, Above, 2025
hand-held UV print on primed canvas
120 x 120 x 4 cm
47 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/2 in
unique
47 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/2 in
unique
Denny’s new works investigate the increasing militarization of the tech industry, especially within US and German innovation cultures. Developed in close collaboration with his studio, the paintings are produced using...
Denny’s new works investigate the increasing militarization of the tech industry, especially within US and German innovation cultures. Developed in close collaboration with his studio, the paintings are produced using a custom-built suite of tools: modified CNC machines, reprogrammed plotters, and a hand-held industrial Ink Jet printer, originally designed for marking shipping crates. The resulting works shift fluidly between human and machine-made, analogue and digital, strategic and improvisational.
The exhibition unfolds through two distinct work bodies. One, rendered in stark black and white, appropriates imagery from the promotional materials of contemporary Defense-Tech firms such as Anduril, Palantir, and Helsing.
The exhibition unfolds through two distinct work bodies. One, rendered in stark black and white, appropriates imagery from the promotional materials of contemporary Defense-Tech firms such as Anduril, Palantir, and Helsing.