Matthew Ferguson
Breathers
28 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
Opening: Friday 28 November, 19-23:00
Breathers, a solo exhibition by Matthew Ferguson, begins with a single object: an Orcon WTU-2000‑EC-E mechanical ventilation unit. Constantly running, it moves air through the building, maintaining the conditions that allow everything else to occur.
From this starting point, the exhibition is created through a layering of works and actions: an unofficial reconstruction of Charlotte Posenenske’s DW Series, performance routes that loop through and beyond the building, temporary arrangements of materials, and shared events.
Together, these elements explore how systems of air, labour, and attention shape one another. Rather than fixed objects, the works operate as processes, circulating, adjusting, and maintaining.
Bronco
Hoge Zand 28, The Hague, 2512 EM
Open Sundays 13-17:00 and by appointment.
His attention begins with existing systems: the mechanical ventilation, the layout of the space, the materials that shape daily function. His approach is to examine what is often overlooked, recognising infrastructure and materials as active parts of a larger whole. Through adjustments and acts of arrangement, his work tests how systems hold together, and where they begin to fail. This exhibition considers how control, resistance, and maintenance define shared environments, and the ongoing effort required to sustain collective reality.
My attention begins with existing systems: the mechanical ventilation, the layout of the space, the materials that shape daily function. My approach is to examine what is often overlooked, recognising infrastructure and materials as active parts of a larger whole. Through adjustments and acts of arrangement, my work tests how systems hold together, and where they begin to fail. This exhibition considers how control, resistance, and maintenance define shared environments, and the ongoing effort required to sustain collective reality.
Your attention begins with existing systems: the mechanical ventilation, the layout of the space, the materials that shape daily function. Your approach is to examine what is often overlooked, recognising infrastructure and materials as active parts of a larger whole. Through adjustments and acts of arrangement, your work tests how systems hold together, and where they begin to fail. This exhibition considers how control, resistance, and maintenance define shared environments, and the ongoing effort required to sustain collective reality.
Our attention begins with existing systems: the mechanical ventilation, the layout of the space, the materials that shape daily function. Our approach is to examine what is often overlooked, recognising infrastructure and materials as active parts of a larger whole. Through adjustments and acts of arrangement, our work tests how systems hold together, and where they begin to fail. This exhibition considers how control, resistance, and maintenance define shared environments, and the ongoing effort required to sustain collective reality.