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Installation views of Lucious Opportunity Teases Tears Optimistically (L.O.T.T.O.) by Rexy Tseng, from his solo exhibition Tenet, curated by Sophia Yvette Scherer. On view until January 24. Rexy Tseng Lucious Opportunity Teases Tears Optimistically (L.O.T.T.O.), 2025 Lottery machine, lottery balls, stainless steel, PVC hoses Size variable The lottery machine Luscious Opportunity Teases Tears Optimistically (L.O.T.T.O.), 2025, snakes through the gallery space like an intestinal system. The randomly drawn ball might be a lucky number, only to disappear back into the pot after its long passage through the tubing. Following the principle that “all life moves in dynamic cycles,” the kinetic closed-circuit machine operates rhythmically, feeding and digesting itself. This metabolic quality lends the apparatus an organic moment, though without productive output. Operating without human intervention, it creates distance and raises questions about autonomy (of labor/machines), purpose (of life), and the determination (of fate). At the same time, it points toward fundamental conditions: Into which society is one born? Which structural constraints shape one’s position? And to what extent does careerist drive condition one’s point of departure? In Chinese mythology and everyday practice, luck is approached with pragmatic clarity. It is considered a quantifiable and limited resource—one that can be spent, earned, loaned, stolen, or even purchased (e.g., as a temple talisman). While luck is understood as universally accessible, those who have already enjoyed a happy life in their younger years will have to make a little more effort in old age, and vice versa. Rexy Tseng: Tenet Curation and text by Sophia Yvette Scherer December 13, 2025 – January 24, 2026 Mariannenstraße 33, 10999 Berlin

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