On Wednesday December 7, the first event in the lecture series Facing Forward: Art & Theory from a Future Perspective will take place, this time focussing on the theme FUTURE TECH.
The speakers of this evening are cyborg anthropologist AMBER CASE (US) and the of origin Mexican writer, philosopher and artist MANUEL DELANDA (US). Margriet Schavemaker (NL), Head of Collections and Research at...
[read more] On Wednesday December 7, the first event in the lecture series Facing Forward: Art & Theory from a Future Perspective will take place, this time focussing on the theme FUTURE TECH.
The speakers of this evening are cyborg anthropologist AMBER CASE (US) and the of origin Mexican writer, philosopher and artist MANUEL DELANDA (US). Margriet Schavemaker (NL), Head of Collections and Research at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, will moderate this evening.
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FUTURE TECH
In modern society, two ideas vie for priority: a strong belief in technological progress and an established suspicion about the consequences of technology for society and the condition of man. As a result of the development of computers and mobile technology, our lives have become profoundly intertwined with, or possibly even governed by, machines which are concurrently praised and feared. If science and technology continue to develop as rapidly as they have in the past fifty years, what will the relationship between men and women and machines be in the future? Will the posthuman condition, described, among others, by Donna Haraway and Katherine Hayles, become reality, or will the cultural consequences of technological development stagnate in the next few decades?
The future mainly appears to lie in the blurring between the artificial and the real; from genetics to augmented reality, the “natural” world is combined with a created world. How will the continued interrelationship of these combined realities influence our collective condition? And what role will they play in the development of art?
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For the full program, more information on the topics and speakers, ticket sales and information regarding the workshops, please visit our website
www.facingforward.nl.
Direct ticket sales:
www.deappel.nl/tickets/
Facing Forward: Art & Theory from a Future Perspective is organized by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, de Appel arts centre, SMBA, University of Amsterdam, W139 and Metropolis M.
