• What constitutes the built environment? Who is it built by, and whom for? ‘Humans’ might be a generic answer. But if our building materials are made up of microorganisms and plants; if ants and lizards immediately move into our houses; if our architecture is added to and altered by swallows and wasps – must we not recognise that the resulting built environment is, in fact, a collective, multi-species achievement? ⠀ ⠀ Hotel Xenos represents a post-anthropocentric approach to these questions and challenges the notion of architecture as the ultimate bulwark of a nature-culture divide. It is also an experiment in radical hospitality. Applying Jacques Derrida’s theories on hosts and guests to an ecological context, it proposes an unconditional hospitality based on sharing a space without any preclusion of ownership or hierarchy of residents. Here, the human and the non-human, the endemic and the alien, the long-dwelling and the passing-through, are all equally welcome. At Hotel Xenos everyone is a stranger; everyone is a guest.⠀ ⠀ Built in bamboo and concrete, and intended to be given over to change and colonisation, the structure combines references to the urban with notions of the organic and the uncontrolled, problematizing ideas of sustainability and green architecture. ⠀ ⠀ Hotel Xenos (2019)⠀ Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell ⠀ ⠀
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    What constitutes the built environment? Who is it built by, and whom for? ‘Humans’ might be a generic answer. But if our building materials are made up of microorganisms and plants; if ants and lizards immediately move into our houses; if our architecture is added to and altered by swallows and wasps – must we not recognise that the resulting built environment is, in fact, a collective, multi-species achievement? ⠀ ⠀ Hotel Xenos represents a post-anthropocentric approach to these questions and challenges the notion of architecture as the ultimate bulwark of a nature-culture divide. It is also an experiment in radical hospitality. Applying Jacques Derrida’s theories on hosts and guests to an ecological context, it proposes an unconditional hospitality based on sharing a space without any preclusion of ownership or hierarchy of residents. Here, the human and the non-human, the endemic and the alien, the long-dwelling and the passing-through, are all equally welcome. At Hotel Xenos everyone is a stranger; everyone is a guest.⠀ ⠀ Built in bamboo and concrete, and intended to be given over to change and colonisation, the structure combines references to the urban with notions of the organic and the uncontrolled, problematizing ideas of sustainability and green architecture. ⠀ ⠀ Hotel Xenos (2019)⠀ Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell ⠀ ⠀
  • With my main art projects postponed or cancelled, I have begun the domestic project of getting to know all the life forms sharing the little island where I now live. This should keep me busy for quite a while... . . . . . #artiststudio #artistresearch #multispecies #cohabitation #botanicart #artisticinventory #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    With my main art projects postponed or cancelled, I have begun the domestic project of getting to know all the life forms sharing the little island where I now live. This should keep me busy for quite a while... . . . . . #artiststudio #artistresearch #multispecies #cohabitation #botanicart #artisticinventory #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • TBT: Unhabitat (2016) Concrete, steel, painted wood, debris netting, rag rug woven from debris netting, projected text (9 min loop) . . . . . #installationart #sculpture #defensivearchitecture #crowdcontrolbarriers #debrisnetting #publicspace #urbanism #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    TBT: Unhabitat (2016) Concrete, steel, painted wood, debris netting, rag rug woven from debris netting, projected text (9 min loop) . . . . . #installationart #sculpture #defensivearchitecture #crowdcontrolbarriers #debrisnetting #publicspace #urbanism #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • As promised, I have now updated my website with full documentation of ‘Hotel Xenos’ as well as a link to digitally flick through the accompanying artist book ‘Guestbook’. Link in bio! Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #artistwebsite #artportfolio #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    As promised, I have now updated my website with full documentation of ‘Hotel Xenos’ as well as a link to digitally flick through the accompanying artist book ‘Guestbook’. Link in bio! Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #artistwebsite #artportfolio #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Next up I will be contributing an outdoors installation for Od Arts Festival in May. Currently trying to figure out the practicalities of what I’m planning. > > Posted @withregram • @odartsfest 🎉 The day is here! We're thrilled to announce the artists and collectives selected for Od Arts Festival 2020: #AlonewithEverybody. Each artwork tackles a particular perspective on what it means to be alone. From dancing on your own or being marooned on a virtual island, to seeking that special someone and getting stuck with the village gossip...
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    Next up I will be contributing an outdoors installation for Od Arts Festival in May. Currently trying to figure out the practicalities of what I’m planning. > > Posted @withregram • @odartsfest 🎉 The day is here! We're thrilled to announce the artists and collectives selected for Od Arts Festival 2020: #AlonewithEverybody. Each artwork tackles a particular perspective on what it means to be alone. From dancing on your own or being marooned on a virtual island, to seeking that special someone and getting stuck with the village gossip...
  • I heartily apologise for the lack of updates. I’ve been in a transition period as I’ve moved home to Sweden, and haven’t gotten around to editing the documentation of what I did last year til now. A website update will be soon to follow. Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    I heartily apologise for the lack of updates. I’ve been in a transition period as I’ve moved home to Sweden, and haven’t gotten around to editing the documentation of what I did last year til now. A website update will be soon to follow. Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Guestbook (2019) Artist book, 240x170 mm, 52 pages, edition: 200. My new book Guestbook complements the outdoors installation Hotel Xenos in expanding on its themes of hospitality and cohabitation by mapping the birdlife of Soulangh Cultural Park and emphasising its mix of endemic, migratory and introduced species. It also functions as an easy resource for the park’s visitors who might simply be interested in exploring the local fauna. . . . . . #artistbooks #artistbook #artresidency #cohabitation #birdphotography #guestbook #parklife #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
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    Guestbook (2019) Artist book, 240x170 mm, 52 pages, edition: 200. My new book Guestbook complements the outdoors installation Hotel Xenos in expanding on its themes of hospitality and cohabitation by mapping the birdlife of Soulangh Cultural Park and emphasising its mix of endemic, migratory and introduced species. It also functions as an easy resource for the park’s visitors who might simply be interested in exploring the local fauna. . . . . . #artistbooks #artistbook #artresidency #cohabitation #birdphotography #guestbook #parklife #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
  • Hotel Xenos is now officially open for business! Humans and non-humans equally welcome! Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Hotel Xenos is now officially open for business! Humans and non-humans equally welcome! Hotel Xenos (2019) Bamboo, concrete, sand, earth . . . . . #publicart #publicsculpture #cohabitation #installationart #bambooarchitecture #bambooart #posthumanart #posthumanarchitecture #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • This is probably a bit last minute for those who need to travel from afar, but my permanent installation at Soulangh Cultural Park, 'Hotel Xenos', opens on Wednesday at 10am. There'll be speeches, photo opportunities and snacks. . . . . . #artopening #artpromotion #artresidency #publicart #publicsculpture #soulangh_cultural_park #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
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    This is probably a bit last minute for those who need to travel from afar, but my permanent installation at Soulangh Cultural Park, 'Hotel Xenos', opens on Wednesday at 10am. There'll be speeches, photo opportunities and snacks. . . . . . #artopening #artpromotion #artresidency #publicart #publicsculpture #soulangh_cultural_park #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
  • Another late night with bamboo and concrete. I need to be done soon, for my own body’s sake. Opening 27/11! . . . . . #workinprogress #publicart #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #bambooart #installationart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
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    Another late night with bamboo and concrete. I need to be done soon, for my own body’s sake. Opening 27/11! . . . . . #workinprogress #publicart #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #bambooart #installationart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
  • The tools of my trade... . . . . . #publicsculpture #concrete #concreteart #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #bambooart #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    The tools of my trade... . . . . . #publicsculpture #concrete #concreteart #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #bambooart #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Common noctule (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #commonnoctule #batdrawing #animaldrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Common noctule (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #commonnoctule #batdrawing #animaldrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Got my base cast today. For once, I’m not spending hours mixing the concrete myself, although there’s still plenty of gritty work in the pipeline. . . . . . #concrete #publicsculpture #plinths #workinprogress #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
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    Got my base cast today. For once, I’m not spending hours mixing the concrete myself, although there’s still plenty of gritty work in the pipeline. . . . . . #concrete #publicsculpture #plinths #workinprogress #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #petteryxell
  • African giant snail (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #africangiantsnail #snaildrawing #animaldrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    African giant snail (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #africangiantsnail #snaildrawing #animaldrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Asian house gecko (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #asianhousegecko #housegecko #birdart #birddrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Asian house gecko (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #asianhousegecko #housegecko #birdart #birddrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • I’m in production. . . . . . #bamboo #installationart #artresidency #workinprogress #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    I’m in production. . . . . . #bamboo #installationart #artresidency #workinprogress #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Cairo morning glory (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #cairomorningglory #flowerdrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Cairo morning glory (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #cairomorningglory #flowerdrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Tree sparrow (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #treesparrow #birdart #birddrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Tree sparrow (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #treesparrow #birdart #birddrawing #drawing #pencildrawing #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • Asian common toad (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #asiantoad #asiancommontoad #pencildrawing #drawing #drawings #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    Asian common toad (2019) Pencil and metallic marker . . . . . #asiantoad #asiancommontoad #pencildrawing #drawing #drawings #cohabitation #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #contemporaryart #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
  • I made a bamboo bird feeder. Not an artwork per se, but a nice way to familiarise myself with my material. . . . . . #bamboo #birdfeeder #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell
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    I made a bamboo bird feeder. Not an artwork per se, but a nice way to familiarise myself with my material. . . . . . #bamboo #birdfeeder #artresidency #soulangh_cultural_park #artistsoninstagram #petteryxell