Liminal Odysseys
Kalman Pool Solo Exhibition
Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
30 April – 30 June 2023
Exhibition Overview
Liminal Odysseys invites viewers into Kalman Pool’s speculative universe—populated by hybrid creatures, UV-reactive glyphs, and inflatable lifeforms that challenge traditional systems of identity and classification. The exhibition features over 20 inflatable sculptures, virtual-physical transitions, and dreamlike calligraphic environments that move between the organic and synthetic, the mythic and coded.
The centerpiece, Z-Tex, is Pool’s first carbon-fiber work—a towering polymorphic entity that resists categorization, mimicking evolution while conjuring speculative species. Throughout the space, floating glyphs and mutating scripts from his invented language system Luminous Opera create a radical taxonomy of presence.
Curatorial Text (Excerpt)
“We are confronted with Kalman Pool’s menagerie of beings, ethereal flouro chirography and dreamy inflatable monoliths… a poetic hybridization, a monsterly apparition that defies classification but compels us to seek familiar points of reference.”
— Rachel Falconer, Curator & Writer
About the Curator
Rachel Falconer is a curator and writer based in London. She is the founder of Mutable Prototype Syndicate and Head of Digital Arts Computing at Goldsmiths University. Her research explores feminist technoscience, emergent media, and the poetics of digital embodiment. She has worked with institutions including Tate, ICA, Transmediale, and Somerset House.
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329x320x286 cm
Fiberglass reinforced painted resin, steel armature, enamel
12x5x5.5m
Fluorescent acrylic, polyester fiber, LED backlight, audio player