Know
Future Exhibition
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<Street Level Electronic Media>
1 Sidney St, Sheffield, S7 4RG.
0114 2495588
23rd
February to 24th March 2001
11-7pm Wednesday to Sunday
About Know Future
We
hear a lot about the future. But usually we hear just two reactions: either
the apocalyptic paranoia of techno-sceptics, or the frenzied marketing
hype of boosters selling their latest e-biz "solution". But the real situation's
more complex than that - our hopes and fears are more subtly interlinked
than these simplistic reactions. The show's title tries to encapsulate
this ambiguity - on the one hand, "Know Future" suggests a confident,
thoughtful analysis - on the other, a nihilistic neo-punk rant. Sci-Fi
gurus may recognise "Know Future" from the dystopian film "Max Headroom",
in which the phrase was the corporate slogan of the homicidal ZikZak Corporation,
whose high-speed blipverts caused over-stimulated TV viewers to explode.
The show takes a sideways look at the future. All the works in the show
reflect some kind of view of the future - but perhaps ones more subtle
than the familiar binary utopia/dystopia scenarios with which we're usually
presented.
James Wallbank
Click below to view the work of exhibiting artists:
If you have artwork that in any way concerns the future, and would like it added to this continuing online exhibition....email: vicky@lowtech.org