Dr. Falke’s Oraculum


KAHN & SELESNICK
November 5 – December 21, 2021


“Dr. Falke's Oraculum” continues the adventures of the Truppe Fledermaus, a cabaret troupe of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly in peril due to environmental pressures and global turmoil. During these journeys to such far-flung places as the coastal cliffs of Ireland, the remote island of Fogo off the coast of Newfoundland, the sandy wastes of Cape Cod, and the muddy, muddy banks of the swollen Delaware, the artists considered the circular structure of time and our attempts to make sense of the present by projecting our minds into the future, then mapped these various methods of prognostication onto the distant landscapes in which they sojourned. The results of these meditations were then transcribed onto the images of the Truppe's performances to produce a sort of personal Oraculum. As a result, this volume does not purport to be an instruction manual so much as a mindset that one might adopt while attempting to think about Augury.




 

Bearsuit
Linen Banner, 103 x 75 inches
Unique

 

All the Things
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

Sirens
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

 

Hobby Horses a’Courtin’ Sunny
Archival Pigment Print Face-Mounted
on Round Acrylic Sheet,
30 x 30 inches

Tulip Mania
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum,
30 x 30 inches

Sunny Day
Archival Pigment Print Face-Mounted
on Round Acrylic Sheet,
30 x 30 inches

 

Illustrations on Circular Paper
Ranging from 12 to 22 inches in diameter

Flying
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

Fool
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

Dancing Round a Tree
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

Sunny Day
Archival Pigment Print with Circular Mat
10 x 10 inch Circular Image
on 14 x 11 inch Paper

 

Pulcinella on a Rock
Archival Pigment Print Face-Mounted
on Round Acrylic Sheet
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 5