08/10/2026
What happens when you press the reset button, but everything starts to look strangely familiar again?
Created by Thomas Markusson in 2017, Monster combines fragments of the faces of G20 leaders into an ever changing portrait of political power.
With one press of a large red button, the faces are rearranged across four screens. There are 160,000 possible combinations, yet somehow the result always feels like a variation of the same thing.
Inspired by Dada and its use of absurdity, chance and irreverence, Thomas brings that same spirit into the age of the 24 hour news cycle.
Is Monster a portrait of political leadership? A contemporary Frankenstein? A reset button that never really resets anything?
Maybe the point is that you decide.
Thomas Markusson, Monster, 2017.
| From the DOM Art Residence collection, Barcelona.
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