David Hilmer Rex
Biography
David Hilmer Rex is an artist currently pursuing a practice-based PhD titled ‘Artistic Practice and Systems Change’, funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation and hosted by Aarhus University and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Rex is also a co-founder of Diakron, a studio for transdisciplinary research with a core focus on emerging organisational forms and their capacities for engaging in widespread systemic problems. Rex holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Arts where he also currently teaches.
Activities
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Interview with David Hilmer Rex by Scott William Raby at Artist Placement David Hilmer Rex will describe the practices of the Copenhagen-based artistic research platform Diakron and their key project Primer – which is currently located within Aquaporin – a water purification company headquartered in suburban Copenhagen. Primer is an experiment in artistic organization that conducts a number of transdisciplinary research activities, collaborations, events, and thematic exhibitions alongside the developing technology firm. Scott William Raby conducted the interview and will introduce it to the audience.
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Artist Placement. Caveat at Argos Artist Placement is a two-day series of presentations and discussions on the Artist Placement Group (APG), its ongoing relevance, and current projects and initiatives that taking inspiration from it.