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Borbála Soós (1984, Budapest) is a London-based curator and an active advocate, participant and organiser of artistic and ecological research. Borbála’s practice responds to, disrupts and enriches environmental thinking and related social, political and decolonial urgencies. She is currently Curator at the Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston. 2022–23 she was Artist Caretaker at Eastside Projects, Birmingham. 2012–19 she was Director/Curator at Tenderpixel, London. She curated projects in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Bratislava; tranzit, Bratislava; FUTURA, Prague; OFF-Biennale, Budapest; Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest; Rupert, Vilnius; ICA, London; Camden Arts Centre, London; Wysing Arts Centre, UK; CCA Derry-Londonderry... She has been visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths College, the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins and Edinburgh College of Art, among others.

Plant, Hangover, Animal, Social Choreography, Mushrooms, Forest, System Dynamics, Language & Politics, Commons, Participation, Future Landscapes, Decoloniality, Migration, Magic & Politics, Expedition, Seeds, Border Ecologies, Climate Justice, Botanic Garden, Fugitivity, Layers of Earth, Food Cultures, Art & Ecology

Pakui Hardware, The Return of Sweetness

17 March until 28 April 2018, Tenderpixel, London, UK

For their first solo show in London, the duo Pakui Hardware developed an entirely new project for Tenderpixel's space, exploring metabolism both as a metaphorical device and as a physical and biological process.

Great vegetables, great organs, greater economy. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A dozen of apples might today. They say: “The great nutrition collapse” – pointing to the sky and to the soil. The atmosphere is changing the food we eat, for the worse. The atmosphere, you pig, how dare you. Our aubergines are large as ever. And so are our stomachs. They too constantly demand attention. They require being squeezed, divided, reduced, bypassed, monitored. They say: “Boost your metabolism” – pointing to green tea. The return of sweetness after the third cup of pu-erh is sublime.

Metabolism is not personal. It is engineered. The metabolism of cells rewired to get more efficient, to grant them the ability to generate new products. Fuels, chemicals, foods, and drugs. Not entirely artificial, not wholly organic. Perfect enough to keep the engines running. Just make sure to keep the by-products in a dark dry place.

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Special thanks to
Lietuvos kultūros institutas / Lithuanian Culture Institute in London
and Juste Kostikovaite.

Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London. Pakui Hardware: The Return of Sweetness, solo exhibition at Tenderpixel, London. Images are the courtesy of the artists, EXILE, Berlin and Tenderpixel, London.
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