12/01/2025
April Widdup
SYSTEMA PHILOSOPHICUM
Opening January 18th 5-8pm
Show January 19th- February 28th
Open Sat/Su 4-6pm and by appointmentgallery
Curated by .goerner
In Systema Philosophicum, Widdup subverts the visual language of taxonomical graphs—functional diagrams traditionally rooted in fact and scientific classification. These charts, trusted tools for understanding and organising our world, become a playful and thought-provoking medium for addressing existential questions at the core of human experience: Are humans inherently violent? Is truth absolute? Is there an afterlife? Is time a construct?
April Widdup is an early-career multidisciplinary artist from Australia, currently based in Germany. A graduate of the Australian National University School of Art and Design (2022) with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in glass, Widdup’s practice spans sculpture, installation, video, and audio. Navigating a tonal spectrum from playful to serious, Widdup creates works that invite audiences into a dialogue about the human condition. Themes of identity, mobility, memory, phenomenology, power and control emerge as recurring threads. By examining how we engage with the natural and built environments, and how societal constructs inform our understanding of life and death, Widdup’s practice illuminates the tension between individual agency and collective structures.