SUPERFLEX
May 7, 2026 – January 3, 2027 | ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
One day, ARKEN will be underwater. In the solo exhibition Come Hell or High Water, this future serves as the point of departure for the Danish artist group SUPERFLEX, as they transform the museum into an ark for all species. The museum is staged as a sunken ship deep below the surface of the sea. Blue light fills the galleries, and at the entrance, sandbags and barricades bear witness to attempts to keep the water out.
Transport crates are piled in the museum's Art axis. They contain works from SUPERFLEX's more than 30-year career, ranging from the group's earliest works from 1993 to brand new productions. The crates are both an archive of their art and cargo of a ship – ready to be transported onward, opened, or left behind.
Over the past several years SUPERFLEX has developed artworks that function not only as art, but also as housing for fish. This practice culminates in the exhibition's new long-term project, The Ark Factory.
At the center of the exhibition, a functioning factory will be set up in which parts of a large ark are produced using a new technique for creating habitats for marine life. This ark will not float but instead serve as an artificial reef that fosters biodiversity as sea levels rise. Over time, parts of the ark will be placed on the seabed in locations around the world. SUPERFLEX's ark will become a platform for coexistence across species – a vessel that carries life into the future, with or without humans on board.
Come Hell or High Water insists on action in uncertain times and unfolds as a space for preparation, collaboration, and imagination.