Survival of the Fittest – Nature and High Tech in Contemporary Art
Kunstpalais, Stadt Erlangen
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EditorAmely Deiss und Milena Mercer/ Kunstpalais, Stadt Erlangen
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LanguageGerman/English
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Format16.5 × 20 cm
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Features296 pages, 100 color images, softcover
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ISBN978-3-95476-458-7
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ReleaseJanuary 2022
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Price€32.00
Hightech: Überleben oder Untergang?
The contemporary discourse around the future of humankind has increasingly come to focus on the menace that environmental degradation and climate change pose for the survival of our species. Global political movements demand an immediate ecological paradigm shift at all levels of society. Be it artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, big data, or bioengineering—the role that technology can and should play in this transformation is a matter of contentious debate. Amid a deluge of contradictory information about the state of the world and in the face of rapid technological progress, it is more and more difficult to get a firm grasp on where we stand.
The exhibition Survival of the Fittest—Nature and High Tech in Contemporary Art at Kunstpalais Erlangen showcases ten positions in art that harness photography, video, sculpture, installation, and performance to negotiate the complex interrelation between nature and advanced technology. The catalogue released in conjunction with the exhibition includes a foreword by Amely Deiss, an introduction by the curator Milena Mercer, and ten interviews with the contributing artists: Christina Agapakis, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, and Sissel Tolaas; Tega Brain, Julian Oliver, and Bengt Sjölen; James Bridle; Simon Denny; Anna Dumitriu and Alex May; Futurefarmers; Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Andreas Greiner; Paul Seidler, Paul Kolling, and Max Hampshire; Jonas Staal; and Pinar Yoldas.