Et Arrangement, Speculum 03, 2026, cast tin, mirror, black linseed oil-treated birch veneer MDF, 24.5 × 14.5 × 4 cm. Photo by Robert Damisch
Baroque Collector's Cabinet, 18th century, softwood with marquetry, brass fittings, 39 × 36 × 17 cm. Shown here with the Speculum mirrors by Et Arrangement and glass skull sculpture by Indio Möglich. Photo by Robert Damisch.
Et Arrangement
Speculum 03, 2026
Cast tin, mirror, black linseed oil-treated birch veneer MDF
24.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm
9 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
9 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
The series began in a forest near an oak tree nearly two thousand years old, where Et Arrangement became interested in the pathways a beetle carves beneath the bark, a quiet architecture, mostly unseen. They photographed the traces of the beetle, transferred its routes to a computer, then CNC-milled the pattern into wood and cast it in tin. Small mirror areas sit inside each wide frame as the vanitas element. The viewer is reflected for a moment, framed by the scar the beetle leaves in living wood.
Et Arrangement is formed by the architects Laura Storbjerg and Lærke Dorthea Harder.
