12 April - 25 May 2025

Step 1: Request Lambo marks the first entry in a four-part inquiry into our times. The series follows a persistent momentum—a pursuit where a drive for results collides with uncertainty.

A generative machine’s utopian vision of space may overlook the circulation of human bodies within. Over the course of Steps 1 through 4, the same spatial parameters are reshuffled, offering a glitched, virtual interpretation of a simple architectural premise. A dice roll determines the arrangement of the space, creating absurd outcomes. The installation’s core elements are suspended between ornament and function, ascension and concealment, challenging the limits of the gallery space and its vantage points.

In this opening entry, the works examine the tension between a romanticised ideal of unyielding strength and a vulnerable reality. Archetypes and excessive contemporary symbolism melt into confusion, echoing the fragmentation of online factions and IRL identities.

This show is the first in a four-part story; an experimental curatorial project led by Melle Nieling and Amélie Mckee.