Hole
Nordskoven
Two ventilation grates cover a deep opening in the ground.
We’re familiar with the sight in the city, where a hidden network of tunnels, pipes, and utility rooms lies beneath our feet. With *Hole*, Gustav Gaston takes this familiar element of urban infrastructure and transports it into the forest, opening up a space for imagination and speculation.
What's hiding under the grate? Where does the opening lead? What stories and connections lie beneath the surface?
The artwork invites us to pause and turn our attention to what we normally do not see. Like a portal between the visible and the hidden, Hole points both down into the earth and into the imagination. The artwork’s meaning is not fixed, but changes with the location, the seasons, and the visitor.
Supported by
The 15 June Foundation
The Danish Arts Foundation
The Knud Højgaard Foundation
Thanks to
Copenhagen Metro Company
Uldalls Iron Foundry
Triarca
The Artist
Gustav Gaston is a visual artist who graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2022) and Pernby’s Art School in Stockholm (2011–2013).
His practice revolves around technology, energy, materials, and infrastructure—often through sculptural explorations of the systems and objects that surround us but are rarely noticed.
Gaston has exhibited at Art Week 2023 (Bikubenfonden / Protempore.art), Alta Art Space (SE), Kunstsalonen, the Danish Design Awards, aaaa Nordhavn, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, among other venues.
As part of Young Contemporary Art, Gustav Gaston created the work *Hole* for Deep Forest Art Land.
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