Motion is essential in Rex’ works.
Even the stagnant such as Tensioned Wood have a shape and a material which provides a svung and animates the space they are in. It seems to be the material in itself and the tension which Rex creates working with the material, that can be felt when one is near it. There exists a strenght in the work which gives them an identity; an own-ness. The kinetic pieces such as Space-Meter, Measuring Space and Flugt have a lightness and are in constant dialogue with their surroundings, but on a sensuous and spatial level and are therefore contextual in a entirely different way than for example the relational arts context in working with social relations.

The traces of design are from time to time seen in the character of the works as objects, while the element of architecture is visible in their spatial orientation. The practices normally common orientation towards containing a functionalism is often toned down with Rex, and the laws of physics and its founding effect on our common univers are the governing principles in the work. Gravity, magnetism, friction and the mathematical principle of the golden proportionalities are explored in series of works. They are about the effect of forces and the dynamic between the individual components of the pieces and the variable element: the visitor. It is for example seen in Space Meter where a wooden trumpet with an embedded magnet is suspended by a string fixed in a wall in the space and the attraction of the magnet against a hung metalplate on the opposite wall. The trumpet hovers a few centimeters apart from the metalplate; vibrates with the visitors movements in the space and treatens to loose the magnetic connection to the metalplate and fall to the ground. The feeling of a point of breach is caused by an almost electric field manifested by magnetic force and the human effect and emanates a sensibility and attention around the objects in the space.