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Kings Artist-Run provides a location for contemporary art practice, supporting distinctive experimental projects by artists at all stages of their careers.
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KINGS Artist-Run acknowledges the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate.

We offer our respect to Elders both past and present and extend this offer to all Australian First Nations people.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Henrik Haukeland


10 April 2025–04 May 2025

Subterranean Homesick Blues unfolds in the aftermath of an undefined, semi-apocalyptic event, evoked through stock footage of the archetypical harbinger of doom—detonating atomic bombs. Solitary survivors are left to their own devices, devoid of purpose, in bunkers ranging from the make-shift to the luxurious. The architecture of the bunker is explored through ever-shifting environments, mirrored by the internal architecture of fragile minds, grappling with newfound states of post-trauma and claustrophobic self-surveillance. Utilising a mixture of found, AI-generated, and self-shot footage, the work closes in on itself, asking abstract questions about the compulsion to persist at all costs. When the world as you once knew it has ended, the only remaining source of stimulus might be to spike your drink with some undisclosed green concoction, feed off mechanosensory information, and play solitary ASMR. 

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  • Henrik Haukeland was born 1980 in Sweden, and is now based in Naarm/Melbourne. Conceptually, his work often deals with the body—both physical and social—as well as the corresponding ideas of consumption, excess, and transformation. Arts education includes the Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen, Norway, the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, U.S., and the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden. He has had many exhibitions in galleries and art institutions predominantly throughout Scandinavia. Exhibitions in Australia include BLINDSIDE and KINGS Artist-Run in Melbourne, as well as Airspace Projects in Sydney.