Hi Netbehaviourists,
Please come along, all are welcome :-)
marc
Children of Prometheus
“The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a
limit to infinite error.” ― Bertolt Brecht, Life of Galileo
Private View: Friday 30 June, 6 - 8pm
Open Sat-Sun, 11am - 5pm or by appointment
Admission free
http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/children-prometheus
Featuring Anna Dumitriu, Carla Gannis, AOS (Art is Open Source), Simon
McLennan, Alan Sondheim.
Humans have always exploited the raw materials this planet has to offer - with
the power to change the nature of things, whether physical or virtual. With
constant re-edits and enhancements we transform everything we touch as part of
our evolutionary mutation. In Greek mythology Prometheus was a demigod and a
Titan worshipped by craftsmen. Greek Titans were ultimately honoured as the
ancestors of humans, who in turn were attributed with “the invention of the
arts and magic" (Graves 1964). The artists featured in Children of Prometheus
at Furtherfield Gallery explore the possible consequences of our scientific and
technological imaginings for us as individuals, our society and the world at
large.
In this exhibition, visitors can encounter Anna Dumitriu's Microbe Mouth, a
necklace of unique teeth grown from bacteria. Microbe Mouth is a collaboration
with scientists Melissa Grant and Rachel Sammons from the University of
Birmingham’s School of Dentistry. Carla Gannis updates Hieronymus Bosch’s
famous triptych in her Garden of Emoji Delights replacing medieval religious
symbolism with an emotion-inspired iconography of the 21st century. Alan
Sondheim's Avataurror are 3D printed avatars representing distorted, wounded,
problematic bodies and their relationship to states of violence and genocide,
where cracks and wounds are eternally everywhere and nowhere. Simon McLennan’s
Drawings reflect intimate contradictions in our dysfunctional society showing
us daily mutations. When the artist and open-source engineer Salvatore
Iaconesi, one of the artist duo AOS (Art is Open Source), was diagnosed with
cancer he launched a participatory open source initiative to find a cure. The
resulting global art performance La Cura explores the complexity of being human
and seeks to find ways to reclaim our bodies in collaboration with others. The
exhibition considers the roles of our arts and science traditions, and how they
are played out while examining: governance, posthumanism, biohacking, and
biopolitics.
This exhibition is produced in partnership with LABoral, in Gijon, as an
extension of the Monsters of the Machine exhibition 18 Nov 2016 - 21 May 2017.
Based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein written 200 years ago which
continues to offer a lens through which to examine current practices in arts
and technology and how they shape society today.
--
Marc Garrett
Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield.
Art, technology and social change, since 1996
http://www.furtherfield.org
Furtherfield Gallery & Commons in the park
Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ
http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery
Currently writing a PhD at Birkbeck University, London
https://birkbeck.academia.edu/MarcGarrett
Curating, Touring Exhibition
Monsters of the Machine:Frankenstein in the 21st Century
At Laboral, Spain until Sept 2017 http://bit.ly/2eGdpw1
Visiting other countries soon...
Marc Garrett
Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield.
Art, technology and social change, since 1996
http://www.furtherfield.org
Furtherfield Gallery & Commons in the park
Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQhttp://www.furtherfield.org/gallery
Currently writing a PhD at Birkbeck University, London
https://birkbeck.academia.edu/MarcGarrett
Curating, Touring Exhibition
Monsters of the Machine:Frankenstein in the 21st Century
At Laboral, Spain until Sept 2017 http://bit.ly/2eGdpw1
Visiting other countries soon...
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