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Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Art Exhibit Interrogates Digital Life With 'Artifacts From Imagined Futures'
90.5 WESA: Kevin Clancy grew up in the time before everyone had cell phones – back when a dial-up connection at his mom’s office was his lone internet access.
I think this is a very creative and intuitive art piece. Oftentimes I consider what the future may hold, whether it be a personal future in life, a national future regarding politics, or even a global future with climate change. In thinking about this, I’ve often thought of what the future will see when they look back on our time, what the history books will say of our technological revolution. I think in addition to addressing this idea, the designer also creates an efficient comment on today’s society and the impact modern technology has had on it. For instance, the piece mentioned with cast hands, at least from my perspective, sounds as though the artist is making a statement amount the loss of connection between people through the enhanced means of connection in technology (social media, digital messaging applications, etc.). Overall, I think especially as a “message seen from the future” it proves powerful as it is a sort of warning to viewers as to what is coming from the continued abuse of technology as we see it today. I think the message the art pieces portray is incredibly relevant in today’s society, and I would quite like to see the exhibition itself if possible.
After reading this article, I would love to see some of Kevin Clancy's work. I find it interesting to think about the future of the world would be like, and I like that Clancy's work lets the viewer interpret their own view of what the future may hold. As the article states, many people may see the future as anything from a utopian world to an apocalyptic one. One other thing that I find very interesting about Clancy's work is that even though the viewer does have the ability to interpret it any way they like, it will always include technology of some sort. It is interesting how Kevin Clancy includes today's technology in his art to show how it has influenced us all as a human race. I would absolutely love to see any one of his installations. This article only includes one photo of part of the art exhibit. I wish there were more because I'm incredibly interested in what the exhibit looks like as a whole.
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I think this is a very creative and intuitive art piece. Oftentimes I consider what the future may hold, whether it be a personal future in life, a national future regarding politics, or even a global future with climate change. In thinking about this, I’ve often thought of what the future will see when they look back on our time, what the history books will say of our technological revolution. I think in addition to addressing this idea, the designer also creates an efficient comment on today’s society and the impact modern technology has had on it. For instance, the piece mentioned with cast hands, at least from my perspective, sounds as though the artist is making a statement amount the loss of connection between people through the enhanced means of connection in technology (social media, digital messaging applications, etc.). Overall, I think especially as a “message seen from the future” it proves powerful as it is a sort of warning to viewers as to what is coming from the continued abuse of technology as we see it today. I think the message the art pieces portray is incredibly relevant in today’s society, and I would quite like to see the exhibition itself if possible.
After reading this article, I would love to see some of Kevin Clancy's work. I find it interesting to think about the future of the world would be like, and I like that Clancy's work lets the viewer interpret their own view of what the future may hold. As the article states, many people may see the future as anything from a utopian world to an apocalyptic one. One other thing that I find very interesting about Clancy's work is that even though the viewer does have the ability to interpret it any way they like, it will always include technology of some sort. It is interesting how Kevin Clancy includes today's technology in his art to show how it has influenced us all as a human race. I would absolutely love to see any one of his installations. This article only includes one photo of part of the art exhibit. I wish there were more because I'm incredibly interested in what the exhibit looks like as a whole.
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