Aleksandra Domanović: Canopy Collapse

Aleksandra Domanović Canopy Collapse 9 Okt 2025 – 15 Feb 2026 Aleksandra Domanović (b.1981, Novi Sad) works across the fields of sculpture, video, photography and digital media. Canopy Collapse is her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia, tracing the development of an artistic practice shaped by information culture and mass media. Originally trained as a graphic designer, Aleksandra Domanović began her career by presenting her work on the internet. This early engagement with the digital sphere is reflected in the exhibition’s earliest work, on display in the courtyard: a website programmed to arrange the world’s capitals in order according to their current temperatures. Several of the works featured in the exhibition draw on the histories of science and technology, as well as the genre of science fiction, to address questions of gender and identity. Domanović is interested in women pioneers who have driven developments in science and technology, though not always received the recognition they deserve. A particular focus area is the history of medical imaging, especially obstetric ultrasound technology and its role in terms of gender identification, women’s rights, and the debate around abortion. A new commissioned work centres around the ongoing student protests in Serbia. Other works reflect on the history of the former Yugoslavia, focusing on collective experiences generated through the consumption of music, television, and the internet. This includes the exhibition’s three film works: From yu to me, which charts the arrival of the internet during the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe; 19:30, which juxtaposes broadcast news graphics from 1958 to 2010 with footage of 1990s techno parties; and Turbo Sculpture 2009, a video essay about the phenomenon of erecting public monuments to Western pop culture celebrities following the breakup of Yugoslavia. Interweaving political history, feminist science and popular culture, Aleksandra Domanović’s Canopy Collapse is both deeply rooted in the post-Yugoslav experience and concerned with pressing global issues. Canopy Collapse is curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer and realised with the support of the Augustinus Foundation, the Beckett Foundation, the Knud Højgaard Foundation, the Obel Family Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation and the William Demant Foundation. The exhibition was originally developed and organised by Kunsthalle Wien. #AleksandraDomanović #CanopyCollapse #KunsthalCharlottenborg