The Eerie Beauty Of Danish Casinos

In Sweden, casinos are state-owned. So there’s only one grand casino in the country – and hundreds of online ones. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of slot machines​ around. In Denmark however, casinos can be found all over the place. 
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​For his latest piece, photographer Lousy Auber set out to capture the vibe of Denmark’s fair capital’s slot machine dens. Void of gamblers, the cash-guzzling rows of blinking lights seem both alien and alluring. They’re the sort of tableaux which make first year art majors spurt out non-sentences like “surely, a reflection of our capitalist soul” and “a discussion of aesthetics in thread with post-modern notions of ‘beauty’.” Make of it what you like, but here at the office we’re pretty sure Mr. Auber is just super fond of flashy objects.