DEAF2014 EXHIBITION May 21-June 9
DEAF2014’s thematic exhibition The Progress Trap showcases artistic responses to the lure of technological innovation, how it feels to be trapped by this relentless pursuit of progress, and how hard it is to escape it.
Art is the tool for critical reflection on the shallow gloss of our current techno-centric notion of progress. The artworks in The Progress Trap speak to multiple levels of the trap: the belief that technology is our savior, as well as our alienation from its production, half-hearted rebellions against the trap, and desires to escape it.
Works
Louis-Philippe Demers - The Blind Robot
Nam June Paik - Internet Dweller
Monobanda - 3RD
Gabriela Golder - Conversation piece (the installation)
Boris Petrovsky – Das Vergerät
Jenny Holzer - Amber Truisms Living and Blue Laments Arno
Melle Smets and Joost van Onna - Turtle
Revital Cohen and Tuur van Balen - 75 Watt
Preppers Room - Unknown
Lucas Foglia - A Natural Order series
Alicia Framis - Departure Board
Willem De Kooning Akademie and Piet Zwart Institute - In Progress (room 3)
Jonas Vorwerk - Spawn (outside)
Tickets
Thursday 22 May - 9 June
until 25 May 9:30 - 21:00
from 26 May 10:00 tot 17:00
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Zaal 1
€10 / €6,5 / Tickets
