
Borealis Luminary OG/NG, dimensions variable, 2023 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm installation view, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz

Boralis Luminary OG/NG text, 2022 wood, glass, paper, dice, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Hands holding dice, 2023 glazed ceramics, OG (original glitter) dice Ludwig Museum, Koblenz

Borealis Luminary NG #10, Borealis OG #100, Borealis Luminary NG #50, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, each 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #500, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, each 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #500, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, each 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #500, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, each 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary OG/NG #5, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary OG/NG #5, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm Open Studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #20 day, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, black light lamp, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm, Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #20 night, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, black light lamp, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm, Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Borealis Luminary NG #20 night, installation view, 2022 wood, glass, pencil drawing on in-game currency, fabric, dice, black light lamp, 5,6 * 30 * 40 cm, Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Borealis Luminary OG/NG investigates the link between the glitter in the dice of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game and the security signs on euro banknotes. When the European Union began utilizing this glitter in the security marks of Euro banknotes, it became a regulated substance. Since then it was no longer possible for the Chessex company, the primary manufacturer of Borealis dice, to obtain it. They had to exchange the old glitter (OG) for a new, less beautiful glitter (NG). That the glitter used for Euro banknotes comes from a roleplaying game opens up a wide range of associations about chance, gambling, fantasy – dark and supremely silly at the same time. With this now–regulated substance missing from Borealis dice, the actual world bursts through the imaginary world of a roleplaying game. Or is it the other way around?