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We’re pleased to share that the installation Puff Out by artist duo :mentalKLINIK will open on 4 June 2025 at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.
The work is presented as part of the ongoing exhibition Glitter? Glitter!, which runs from 28 February to 26 October 2025.

OPENING
4 June 2025, 6 PM  –  9 PM

Puff Out installation consists of about 20 robotic vacuum cleaners that suck up glitter but also immediately eject it behind them. The spatial installation will expand the exhibition by an additional 300 square metres of fuchsia glitter.

Yasemin Baydar and Birol Demir of :mentalKLINIK will be present at the opening.

:mentalKLINIK, PUFF OUT,16 vacuum cleaning robots with special caps and charging units, various glitters, dimensions variable
Photography: Özge Balkan
Courtesy Of Borusan Contemporary

Teaser text

Glitter? Glitter! For the first time ever, this ubiquitous material is the focus of a museum exhibition – and it is well worth taking a closer look at these multi-layered, typically hexagonal particles and their myriad uses. Invented in its present form in the state of New Jersey in 1934, glitter has since spread across many different social, cultural and political contexts. The tiny sparkles are found in everyday life as well as on stages, at parties and during protests, as a crafting material or on the red carpet. Glitter is used for embellishment, yet is simultaneously regarded as cheap; it adds value while itself being undervalued. It flickers and seems to be in constant motion, but also clings tenaciously to just about everything it touches. The works showcased in the exhibition play with the manifold characteristics and multi-faceted connotations of this material. They utilise the capricious and flamboyant qualities of glitter to mesmerise and create connections, to empower and lend visibility. Many voices and perspectives have been assembled: personal anecdotes and political statements, artistic approaches and handmade fan-art. But we also want to hear from you! So we invite you to participate, to keep on collecting, to share your input or even disagree with us. And above all: join us in glittering.

Participating artists: :mentalKLINIK (Belgium / Turkey), 3rzhuobabypink (China), Damali Abrams (USA), Hannah Altman (USA), Pansy St. Battie (USA), Sophia Bizer (Germany), Chila Kumari Singh Burman (UK), Alea Burmester (Germany), Rafa BQueer (Brasil), Marina Carniglia (Argentina), Travis Carr / Glitter Archives (USA), Dean und Dan Caten (Canada), Peggy Chen (Taiwan), Analía Cid (Argentina), T.L. Cowan (Canada), ckdesignedit (USA), María Domínguez Moreno / Doodlelingyou (Spain), Dracula Nails (Hungary), Sarah Drath (Germany), Karl Gadzali und Mohamad Barakat-Götz (Germany), Cao Guimarães und Rivane Neuenschwander (Brasil), Franzischek (Germany), Fuego Nails (UK), Regine Eurydike Hader (Germany), Honeybabyset / Keele Ma’Ilo (Canada), The Huxleys (Australia), Afa/Soppi Isla Berlin (Germany), Bill Kaulitz (Germany / USA), Mercedes Grassi King (Argentina), Quil Lemons (USA), Maria Vanails (Greece), Mirjana Mitrovic (Germany), Nettlen Nails (USA), Pannkks (Spain), Andrés Pérez (Venezuela), Sam Reece / Shitty Craft Club (USA), Ayelén Rodríguez (Argentina), Jenny Schäfer (Germany), Sex Nails (Germany), Molly Soda (USA), Fleur Stiels / Holy Glitter Zine (Netherlands), Reina Takano/Hitomebore (Japan), Thams Does Claws (Germany), Britney Tokyo (USA), Fiona Tretau / The Propcorner (Germany), Lorenzo Triburgo und Sarah Van Dyck (USA), unitas_f3ass (USA), Zaira Vega (Mexico), Gisela Volá (Argentina) and others.