Superflex

Corruption Contract

2011

Biography

Superflex is an artist group founded by Bjørnstjerne Reuter Christiansen, Jakob Fenger, and Rasmus Nielsen in Copenhagen in 1993. They are currently based in Copenhagen and Brazil and were educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.


With their Corruption Contract, Copenhagen-based Superflex forces the curators of the show to directly challenge the Danish nation state. Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh have signed a contract prepared by the collective, which commits them to carrying out at least one of the following crimes: bribery, forgery, embezzlement of public funds, bid rigging, fraudulent bids, misuse of funds, obstruction of justice, product substitution, acceptance of gratuities, fraud in an audit inquiry, fraud in contract performance, misuse of entrusted power for private gain, trading in influence. The work forces the curators from their protected position as initiators, facilitators, or interpreters, and turns them into actors. Superflex will test the curators’ commitment to undermining national democracy, capitalism, and existing laws.