We are pleased to announce a one-night-only exhibition ‘Not CAPTCHA’ with second year students at Prosjektskolen.
The exhibition opens 19:00, Friday 19.01.2018
Vaskeriet, Pilestredet 27, Oslo.
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Entrance in the backyard between the art supply store and Philadelphia.
Simen Rånes, Elise Bjaanes, Karoline Ryssevik, Vilja Sylvareik, Vvasa Føllesdal, Carl Nicolaisen, Catarina Kapstad, Bekkhan Kadyrov, Felix Sælid Nordtømme, Hallvard Nuland, Martin H. Sandberg, Martine E. Karlsen, Oliver Crowther, Gar H. Germundson, Haakon Midtsundstad.
Some people maintain that history is written by the winners. Others say that loser and winner is a relative concept, something our desires won’t allow us to understand. Whatever the truth of this matter, it is no doubt that mankind’s tale stands on the peak of a mountain made up of all those extinct competitors it has fought and defeated
In the wider perception of history, one could observe that nature is the origin of all technology. In contemporary times we as a species face massive challenges. For instance, lacking preservation of the ecosystem, endangerment of the diversity of life and global warming continually creates an unbalance within an otherwise self-regulatory process. On another level, the rapidly ongoing development of Artificial Intelligence is starting to make us question what exactly comprises nature and its underlying parts.
The conception that fire was “invented” stands as testimony to our symbiotic relationship with technology. Our existence constitutes that we have not only evolved on our own but also with and through our shared technological advances. Suffice to say that nature’s gift to our species is that we do not only create and use technology, it also molds us in its very real, continuously evolving image. Without fire, we would never have had the same prerogatives for evolution as we would when that, hereto unknown cavewoman, discovered that she could rub two sticks against each other to make a spark. Our gift to nature is that we have an extremely efficient ability to manipulate what we call technology. Comparing it to certain electromagnetic properties found in some substances, one could say that as a whole, mankind is repelled by technology as much as we are attracted to it. Polarity then becomes a progressively important factor when you take into account why and how we evolve. It is a constant struggle, a lovemaking act that forever drives us closer but also pushes us forward. Forward towards a new act, a new creation that instigates the perception of our future deathbed howl.
That the individual is part of a greater whole is a fact that is not lightly brushed aside. Mankind as individuals must act for ourselves so that the next in line can continue asking the questions we never had time to articulate. The answers are there, right in front of us – it is only a matter of grasping them today and not waiting for tomorrow, that day that never comes.
Curated by: Simen Rånes og Henriette Camilla W Andresen. Text by: Carl Nicolaisen, Elise Bjaanes, og Vilja Sylvareik.
