Maarten Vanden Eynde

The Gordian Knot (2023), GIST triennial, FelixArt Museum, Drogenbos, BE (photo: Cedric Verhelst)

The Gordian Knot (2023), GIST triennial, FelixArt Museum, Drogenbos, BE (photo: Cedric Verhelst)

The Gordian Knot consists of an inextricable knot of colorful ceramic insulators and enlarged glass copies of computer resistors firmly connected with thick cables, wires, tubes, ropes, as well as natural lianas. The whole creates a sizeable spherical knot out of everything that relates to the production and transportation of energy that is impossible to take apart or untangle. The work symbolizes the complex story of energy generation, transmission, and storage in the context of a green fossil fuel-free future.