Year: 2025
Commissioned Public Art / Installation
EU Council, Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels

Exhibition period: July 16 — Dec 31. 2025

Technique: Digital sculpting, 3D printing, augmented reality (AR)
Material: 3D printed recycled plastic and woodfibers, eelgrass boards, fire retardant MDF boards, cargo straps
Photos by: EU Council + Wang & Söderström

Eelgrass boards: Søuld
Recycled plastic and woodfibers: Woodcomposite Sweden

Artistic decoration commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark for EU Council Building during the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. 

Installed along the aisle, 27 panels with sculptural antennae—matching the number of EU member states—symbolise the collective sensitivity and responsibility of nations. Made from recycled 3D-printed plastic, the forms reinterpret antennae from various European insect species ¹.

The decoration concept celebrates alternative ways of sensing—plant, animal, human, and artificial—highlighting the artists’ view of the need to move beyond a singular perspective in diplomacy. Set against eelgrass panels from the Danish coasts, the antennae’s vivid red colour signals urgency and their shapes ambiguity—are they biological, technological, or ancestral?

The panel formation is inspired by the curved shield-covered Viking ship or petroglyphs. Vikings were not only raiders, but skilled engineers and navigators. The panels invite the viewers to reflect on how to lead in navigating today’s climatic and technological shifts. The artists ask how do we make urgent and empathetic decisions and what do we leave behind?

Positioned within a space of power, the antennae represent both reception and transmission: decisions made here ripple outward, while each nation’s voice can influence the centre.

The project is based on a circular concept, making use of existing elements such as chairs and tables. Once the installation or artwork comes to an end, all components can be reused, repurposed, or recycled.

A speculative insects grows and evolve during the presidency via AR.

¹ Based on information from the European Red List of Insect Taxonomists, 2022