Levende — “Living” — unfolds as a sequence of sculptural environments that move between biology, material culture and imagination. Smith zooms between the immense story of life on Earth and tiny material processes: patterns, residues and traces through which living beings alter their surroundings. The exhibition deliberately places natural matter beside manufactured objects, asking where we draw the line between nature, technology and human intervention.

The vitrines give the project an almost scientific appearance, but this is not a natural-history exhibition. Literature, research and visual art continuously overlap, while the immersive sound work adds another layer to the idea of life as something sensed rather than simply observed. Smith is especially interested in connections across past, present and possible futures, including forms of artificial life.

Amalie Smith (b. 1985) is a Danish visual artist and author whose multidisciplinary practice moves between writing, research, sculpture and installation. She graduated from the Danish Academy of Creative Writing in 2009 and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2015, and has published nine books alongside projects including Looming, Sang om planeten and Levende jord.

A rewarding visit for those interested in the intersection of science and art, offering a thoughtful, multidisciplinary look at how life is represented through physical matter.

Allow time to listen to the sound work in full while moving between the vitrines, as the audio layer provides essential context for the tactile materials on display.