The Present is the Form of All Life: The Time Capsules of Ant Farm and LST
Wednesday, Sep 21, 201612 PM — Sunday, Oct 9, 20166 PMEDT
| Pioneer Works: 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook
Brooklyn, NY, USRelated
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 7-9 p.m.
The Present is the Form of All Life: the Time Capsules of Ant Farm and LST explores the time capsule projects of seminal media art and architecture group Ant Farm and their contemporary successors, LST. Tracing the time capsule’s evolution from analog archive to digital database, the exhibition examines the mutable nature of time perception, rapidly accelerating media obsolescence, and our shifting cultural attitudes toward preservation and privacy.
The exhibition opens with a chronology of materials representing the time capsule works and creative process of Ant Farm (1968-1978) and LST (2007-today), including never-before-seen schematics, extensive architectural drawings, photographs, video documentation, and more.
Over the course of five decades, and specifically through their time capsule works, Ant Farm and LST have routinely transcended disciplinary boundaries and, through experimentation, pioneered new artistic mediums. Through this exhibition, Pioneer Works celebrates and learns from those who established the practices and approaches that the organization strives to foster and emulate.
Read more about the exhibition here.
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