Perhaps debate has moved on to other media. The curatorial framework for Signs of Life is itself antithetical to criticism. Conceptually, the eschewal of theory reflects a Scandinavian approach to human expression. But the living word of God. As Grundtvig humanised Luther for the Danes, so Engberg recovers a psychoanalysis that offers hope in preference to tragic insight.
Video installations celebrate the spirited voices of non-stars.
Mariele Neudecker evokes the 'aquarium in the psychiatrists waiting room where one reverses memories and fantasies to conquer the past. It is possible for this framework to create powerful results, encouraging an intimate relationship between work and visitor. But this insulation also hazards that stifling Danish phenomenon of hyggeleg , or cosiness. Victoria needs a visual arts scene that maintains its critical relevance. Many of the MIB shortcomings can be explained by the immense financial and logistic pressures in producing a major international arts event in only one and a half years with skeleton staff.