TON 618: Richard Klippfeld _ Philip Newcombe _ Vika Prokopaviciute _ Polina Sokolova _ Frank Wasser
Perspectives that bend under time and space
17,218,529,460,097,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km
for light to arrive. distortion
time kept alive
Almost perceived. On the point of unseen
131,274,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Electron dipoles magnetism [Planck]
Overlap. retract
Through a lens [forced, reductive]
3,570,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lumen
Upon the retina
Distilled. Edited. Contained.
Contextual abstractions among concurrent forms
10,400,000,000 years
67 hours [0.0000000000735423253%]
Temporary and unstable.
RICHARD KLIPPFELD
Born in 1993. MFA Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna
Previous exhibitions include: 'SPRING: Landscape', Schauraum Angewandte, MQ, Vienna, 2026; 'LAURENZ at Systema', Palais Carli, 2024; 'The Best Things in Life Have Nutri-Score E', duo exhibition with Suzuka Hisamatsu, Kunstverein Zink, 2024; The Kristian Vistrup Madsen Show, Studios 610 and 621, Painting department, Angewandte, Vienna, 2024; 'The Practice of Criticism', Tiny Mutual Admiration Societies, 2023; 'In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss', Zeughausstraße 42, Hamburg, Germany, 2022; 'Stoffe im Raum', Sala Terrena of Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2021.
PHILIP NEWCOMBE
Born in 1970, Reading, UK. MFA Fine Art, University of Reading; BA Central St Martins, London
Selected Exhibitions include: Åplus, Berlin; ATTIC, Brussels; MUDAM, Luxembourg; MHKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London; CCA ANDRATX Centre for Contemporary Art, Mallorca; La Maison Populaire centre d'art contemporain, Montreuil, FR; The International 3, Salford, UK; Croxhapox, Ghent, BE; Neon Parc, Melbourne. Aus; 52nd Venice Biennale collateral event (nominated by Marc Camille Chaimowicz); Performance, sound and film work shown at: IFFR, Rotterdam; ICA London; Chicago Underground Film Festival, USA; Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan,
USA; EXIS, Experimental Film & Video Festival, Seoul; Curzon, Soho, London; The Ballroom, Marfa, Texas; Dresden Filmfest, DE.
VIKA PROKOPAVICIUTE
Born in 1983. MFA Academy of Applied Arts Vienna
Selected exhibitions: 'Art Cologne', with COMMUNE, Cologne 2026 (solo) (upcoming); 'Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna 2026; 'Tender Territories, Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf 2026; 'Twins', Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2025 (solo); 'Zero-sum', House of Spouse, Vienna 2023 (solo); 'Van Look Preis: The Back Room', E- Werk, Freiburg 2023 (solo); 'Very Accessible Painting', Trust, Vienna 2023 (solo); 'Niche', Editorial, Vilnius 2022 (solo).
POLINA SOKOLOVA
Born in 1999. MFA Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Selected Exhibitions: 'A delicate matter', Krinzinger Schottenfeld, Vienna 2026; 'Tales from fractured minds', The Address Gallery, Brescia 2026; 'Lucky Loop', Schwindel LLC, Vienna 2025; ;doors are closing, collaboration with Rudolf Leeb Gallery, PARALLEL VIENNA 2024; 'Body Language', IRL Gallery, Los Angeles 2024; 'Love Manifest', CouCou Gallery, Kassel 2024
FRANK WASSER
Born in 1988. DPhil, University of Oxford. MFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Selected exhibitions: 'A Swift Half', with COMMUNE, Miart, Milan 2026 (solo); 'The Irish Face - Vienna Version', COMMUNE, Vienna 2026 (solo); 'The Irish Face' - Solo Performance at Tate Britain, London 2025; 'Plot/Hole', University of Oxford, produced by University of Oxford and Daria Martin, Oxford 2024 (solo); 'Split (Revised)', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Curated by Sara Muthi, Dublin 2024 (solo); 'Title to be announced', Steam Works Gallery, curated by Kirsten Cooke, London 2024 (solo); 'Split', South London Gallery, London 2023 (solo); 'On tenterhooks', Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin 2022 (solo)
