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The Space Between
“We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.” — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, 31 October - 30 November 2026

The Space Between : “We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.” — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Karen Harkema, The Translator (Systemic Maps), 2025

Karen Harkema South African, b. 1969

The Translator (Systemic Maps), 2025
Reclaimed electronic components, circuit board, wiring, acrylic on panel
40.3 x 40.3 x 3 cm
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The Translator visualizes the Dia Logos as a systematic mapping of the organic. The work shows the machine actively reaching into the analogue world, mapping it, connecting to it, and...
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The Translator visualizes the Dia Logos as a systematic mapping of the organic. The work shows
the machine actively reaching into the analogue world, mapping it, connecting to it, and funnelling
that data back into its processing nodes.
The work presents a collection of various electronic atoms, capacitors, coils, and transistors,
sorted and stripped from their original housings.

The top panel represents the Organic
Emergence, where the surface transitions into a complex, cellular network. At the bottom, a
singular green circuit board acts as the translator.
The dialogue here is one of data-gathering; the machine is not just observing the organic world, it
is absorbing it, turning the molecular chaos of life into the matrix of the digital archive.
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