SUPERFLEX is a Danish artists’ group founded and directed by Jakob Fenger (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1968), Rasmus Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1969) and Bjornstjerne Christiansen (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1969) since 1993. SUPERFLEX projects examine the dynamics and dependencies created by economic systems and develop tools to be used in constructive transformations. The artists propose challenges to entrenched ways of thinking about various kinds of capital, as they say: not with “traditional critiques but with projects that expose the contemporary consciousness and our evolving relationship to global consumerism, environmentalism, the Internet copyright.” Many of their works propose solutions to real problems, such as developing local and efficient alternative fuel sources, designing the equitably profitable distribution of food products, or initiating a network of local television stations to directly engage users in the creation of content. These socially conscious actions are liberatory rather than utopian, intended to produce individual and collective change, with the projects functioning as replicable models and tools made available through the free distribution of instructions. In 2017 SUPERFLEX was awarded the Hyundai Commission in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern.
