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The Accelerationists was developed collectively by Bernardus Baldus, Wannes Missotten, Tom Putman and Peer Vink. Together, the artists created an environment that has the polish of a showroom, but also the constructed quality of a stage set and the solemnity of a ceremonial interior. Cheap glitter is treated with the same seriousness as glossy finishes and ornate details, allowing consumption to become less a subject than an atmosphere. Everything appears seductive and aspirational, while remaining deliberately artificial.

Each artist produced a sculpture in response to this shared visual language. Peer Vink’s Wellness Sculpture nr. 6 takes the form of an enlarged display object whose decorative finish begins to feel almost devotional. It resembles a wellness product that promises transformation, but its scale and ornament push it towards the logic of a cult prop. The attraction remains intact, even as the object becomes unstable and oversaturated.

In collaboration with Bernardus Baldus , Wannes Missotten and Tom Putman
Peer Vink, Wellness Sculpture nr. 6
Styrofoam, ceramics, toothpicks, PUR foam, acrylic resin, epoxy and glass
100 × 80 × 45 cm
Presented at Projectspace Lokaal
Utrecht, 2022
Exhibition documentation

The Accelerationists

2022