24/03/2017 – 26/03/2017
Åpningstider:
Lør – søn kl. 12:00–16:00
Vernissage:
24/03 kl. 19:00 – 22:00
Samuel Brzeski’s practice investigates the presence of the human from the perspective of the future archaeologist. Through the presentation and study of sites, situations and objects from the post-human perspective, the work explores existential narratives on ontology and the mortality of the human species. Taking a taxonomic approach, the work investigates the narratives that are implicit in the objects and materials that are left behind, and how the study of these objects of the micro relate to the ideas of the macro. Namely, these ideas concern the inevitable decline of humanity and the placement of Man’s existence on a larger, deeper timescale. Through this investigation, which sometimes touches upon the sublime, the work focuses on the relation between the advancement of the human race in a scientific/ industrial/ destructive context and the negative effects that this has on the planet and its ability to sustain human life. Central to this line of enquiry is the contemporary paradox of the supposed advancement of humanity, which is actually the instrument of its own demise.
Samuel Brzeski’s practice investigates the presence of the human from the perspective of the future archaeologist. Through the presentation and study of sites, situations and objects from the post-human perspective, the work explores existential narratives on ontology and the mortality of the human species. Taking a taxonomic approach, the work investigates the narratives that are implicit in the objects and materials that are left behind, and how the study of these objects of the micro relate to the ideas of the macro. Namely, these ideas concern the inevitable decline of humanity and the placement of Man’s existence on a larger, deeper timescale. Through this investigation, which sometimes touches upon the sublime, the work focuses on the relation between the advancement of the human race in a scientific/ industrial/ destructive context and the negative effects that this has on the planet and its ability to sustain human life. Central to this line of enquiry is the contemporary paradox of the supposed advancement of humanity, which is actually the instrument of its own demise.
Galleri Fisk
kong Oscars Gate 46
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