Malthe Møhr

In his multimedia work, Malthe Møhr immerses himself in the inscrutable world of mass media and pop-cultural image canons. The protagonists of his works are often heroes from comics, animated films, advertising and viral clips from social media. The artist sees this multitude of references as the media subconscious of a generation that has experienced the generative potential of the internet with its creative possibilities and subjective forms of expression from the very beginning. The disintegration of classical aesthetic image categories is of particular importance in Malthe Møhr’s choice of motifs. The multi-chapter film installation Mega Mighty Monster Morphin (2022) is a feverish immersive tragedy about the sick fate of a modern hero in search of success and male identity.
What seems absurd and naïve is juxtaposed with real conflicts aimed at confronting male mythology and finding out from its core which structures are worth preserving and which need to be relearned and reshaped.
Of particular importance to the artist is the concept of failure as a sign of the need to rethink male-heteronormative notions of success.