Goldin+Senneby (since 2004) is a framework for collaboration set up by artists Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby; exploring juridical, financial and spatial constructs through notions of the performative and the virtual. Their collaboration started with The Port (2004-06); acting in an emerging public sphere constructed through digital code. In their more recent body of work, known as Headless (2007 -), they approach the sphere of offshore finance, and its production of virtual space through legal code. Looking at strategies of withdrawal and secrecy, they trace an offshore company on the Bahamas called Headless Ltd. A ghostwritten detective novel continuously narrates their investigations.

Solo exhibitions: ‘The Decapitation of Money’, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris (2010); ‘Headless. From the public record’, Index, Stockholm (2009); ‘Goldin+Senneby: Headless’, The Power Plant, Toronto (2008-2009). Recent group exhibitions include: ‘Uneven Geographies’, Nottingham Contemporary (2010); ‘In living contact’, 28:th Bienal de Sao Paulo (2008); ’Data Recovery’, GAMeC, Bergamo (2008). Residencies include: Kadist, Paris (2010); Gasworks, London (2008); IASPIS, Stockholm (2007).
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Solo exhibition:

2010 (UPCOMING) Konsthall C, curated by Kim Einarsson, Stockholm
2010 The Decapitation of Money, Kadist Art Foundation, curated by Sandra Terdjman, Paris
2009 Headless. From the Public Record, curated by Mats Stjernstedt & Helena Holmberg, Index, Stockholm
2008-2009 Goldin+Senneby: Headless, curated by Gregory Burke, The Power Plant, Toronto

Group exhibitions and events:

2010 (UPCOMING) The Moderna Exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2010 (UPCOMING) Hydrarchy, curated by Anna Colin & Mia Jankowicz, Gasworks, London
2010 Un exposition (du) sensible, curated by Mathieu Copeland, Centre d’art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme
2010 Uneven geographies, curated by Alex Farquharson & T.J. Demos, Nottingham Contemprary, Nottingham
2010 Bucharest Biennale 4, curated by Felix Vogel, Bucharest
2010 Les Ateliers de Rennes, curated by Raphaële Jeune, Rennes
2010 The Headless Conference, arranged by Brian Droitcour & Ginny Kollak, New Museum, New York
2010 The Office for Parafictional Research, curated by Ginny Kollak, CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson
2009 The Malady of Writing, curated by Chus Martínez, MACBA, Barcelona
2009 Feedforward: The Angel of History, curated by Christiane Paul & Steve Dietz, LABoral, Gijon
2009 Flexible Aura, curated by Hyunjoo Byeon & Christine Takengny, Brain Factory, Seoul
2009 Is a book, is a shop, is a show, curated by Maja Wismer & Egija Inzule, Survival Kit, LCCA, Riga
2009 Voice Over, book launch, Iaspis in Venice
2009 The Man behind the Curtain, Mission 17, San Francisco
2009 TINA, conceived by Olivia Plender, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
2008 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo, curated by Ivo Mesquita & Ana Paula Cohen, Sao Paulo
2008 TINA, conceived by Olivia Plender, The Drawing Room, London
2008 Reality Effects, curated by Caroline Ugelstad & Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
2008 Data Recovery, curated by Ovul Durmusoglu, Gamec, Bergamo
2008 Terms of Use, curated by Lisa Rosedahl, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz
2008 Disclosures, Gasworks, London
2008 John Barlow Gone Offshore, Canal, London
2008 Manual (CC), CSW Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
2008 MyComputer, 300m3 Art Space, Gothenburg
2008 Looks Conceptual, curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paolo
2007 Who Makes and Owns Your Work, Årsta Folkets Hus, Stockholm
2007 Twentyfourseven, Signal, Malmö
2007 Big Family Business, curated by Adnan Yildiz, Istanbul
2007 Open Studios, IASPIS, Stockholm
2007 Manual (CC), Kronika, Bytom
2007 The Spam Show, Curated by Dessislava Dimova
2007 Moscow Saloon, WPS1 Radio, New York
2007 Book reading, Konst Akademiens Bibliotek, Stockholm
2007 Book reading, UKS, Oslo
2007 Paris was yesterday, curated by Hanne Mugaas, La Vitrine, Paris
2006 Gala Night of the Cannibals, Jan van Eyck Institute, Maastricht
2006 Travelling Magazine Table, IASPIS, Stockholm
2006 Flack Attack release event, Bologna, Boulder, Palo Alto, Stockholm
2006 No hay banda, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2005 Artport, Whitney Museum of American Art, curator Christiane Paul, New York
2005 Game Dump, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2005 The Port inauguration, Stockholm

Commissions:

2010 Lot 36: Fiction on Auction, Offer & Exchange #4, Electra, curated by Lisa Rosendahl & Daniel McClean, Chrisites, London
2009 Shifting Ground, Mountains of Butter, Lakes of Wine, Almost Real Stage 5, curator Maria Lind, European Cultural Foundation

Publications:

2010 “Headless”, selection by Anna Colin in visible, Pistoletto Foundation & Sternberg Press
2009 “Franz Fischler, I pressume…” in Aprior #19
2009 Goldin+Senneby: Headless (monograph), Power Plant, Idea books
2009 “Anywhere you aren’t” by Sebastian Mary in Voice Over, Iaspis & Sternberg Press
2008 “Em busca de uma história” by K.D., 28b newspaper, 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo
2008 Looking for Headless by K.D., prologue - chapter 4, 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo
2008 Travel Journal, Nassau, Bahamas by John Barlow, Bergamo
2008 Looking for Headless by K.D., chapter 1, Vitoria-Gasteiz
2008 “Objects of Virtual Desire” featured in Digital Art (2008 edition) by Christiane Paul, Thames & Hudson, London
2008 “The Tetris Effect” in calendar insert, Opcje Magazine, Katowice
2007 “The Tetris Effect” in Manual CC, Bytom
2007 “After Microsoft” Artist Project (inside cover) in Untitled Magazine #43, London
2007 Looking for Headless by K.D., Prologue, Stockholm
2006 “Inneslutning & entusiasm” in UKS - Forum for Samtidskunst Nr. 3/4 2006, Oslo
2006 Flack Attack, Print-on-Demand magazine

Lectures and Teaching:

2009 Whatever happened to Net Art?, Iaspis, Stockholm
2009 Cultural practises outrun legal language, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2008 Makt, penger og fiksjonsstrategier, conversation with Matias Faldbakken, Litteraturhuset, Oslo
2008 “Hur hittar jag till en virtuell plats”, Lecture, Daddy, Gothenburg
2008 Artist talk & guest tutor, FAAP, Sao Paulo
2008 Visual Forum, Center of Visualization, Gothenburg
2008 Artist talk, Gasworks, London
2008 Artist talk, BA & MA Fine Art, University of Reading, Reading
2008 Artist talk & guest tutor, BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
2007 2-week workshop on Invisibility, Nordiska Konstskolan i Karleby, Kokkola
2007 Encierro y entusiasmo, Artist Talk, La Casa del Encuentro, Medellin
2007 3-day Wiki-workshop, Konstfack, Stockholm
2007 Legal/illegal, Art & Architecture, Royal University College of Art, Stockholm
2007 Gåva och begåvning, Nordiska Konstskolan i Karleby, Kokkola
2007 Från bild till Utopi, Östersund Konstskola, Östersund
2007 Communities Now, Share Festival, Torino
2006 Box Talk #2, Gallery Box, Gothenburg
2006 East of Stockholm, Post-Grad Architecture, Royal University College of Art, Stockholm
2006 Artist talk, Konstfack, Stockholm
2006 Resources, Post-Grad Architecture, Royal University College of Art, Stockholm
2006 Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala
2005 Net Art/ Art Net, MA Fine Art, Royal University College of Art, Stockholm
2005 State of Play, New York Law School, New York
2005 Aestethics of play, Bergen University, Bergen
2005 Media Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Grants, Residencies and Prizes:

2010 Kulturstipendium (culture grant), City of Stockholm
2010 Kadist Foundation, Artist in Residece, Paris
2009 Iaspis, international exchange, Bucharest
2009 Iaspis, international exchange, Nottingham
2008 Working grants, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2008 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Artist in Residence, Sao Paulo
2008 Gasworks, Artist in Residence, London
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Bergamo
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Vitoria
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Sao Paulo
2007 Research and Development in the Arts Grant
2007 Iaspis, Artist in Residence, Stockholm
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Medellín
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Istanbul
2007 Iaspis, International exchange, Paris
2006 Skapande Människa prize
2005 Mossutställningar Production Studio
2005 Sleipnir Travel Grant, Bergen
2004 Research and Development in the Arts Grant