Myths Of The Marble
Myths of the marble documents a group exhibition that took place in 2017 at the henie onstad kunstsenter norway hok and the institute of contemporary art university of pennsylvania ica.
Myths of the marble. The myths of the marble groupshow at the henie onstad kunstsenter in oslo and at the ica in philadelphia february 3 2017 august 6 2017 myths of the marble considers how the virtual has been engaged by a varied group of contemporary artists as a way to image and imagine the world the blue marble as both a site of possibility and a set of limitations. The institute of contemporary art presents myths of the marble a group exhibition conceived and produced in collaboration with the henie onstad kunstsenter hok in norway. In an exhibition that brings together projects by eleven international artists we reencounter our bodies as lived felt racialized and gendered realities that are touched and touching alongside our constant companions the internet and the screen. Although virtual reality might conjure associations with early cybernetic theory and computer animation today virtuality.
The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture. A marble head of a deity wearing a dionysiac fillet from the first century a d. Meisenberg s piece like others in myths of the marble posits virtual reality as both an imagined world and one predicated on the lived experiences of its makers i read of defective gods lucid dreams as a metaphor for internet retail. Traces of red pigment remain on the lips eyes and fillet.
Weber che 60 curator ica and milena hoegsberg senior curator hok considers how the virtual. With this hybrid aesthetic ferrer suggests that the essentialist myths embodied in classical marble sculpture might be replaced by values of mutual dependence historical appropriation and cyborgism. The possibility of coalition between human and nonhuman actors is a recurring theme in the exhibition. We encounter most of the objects in our lives first through their digital representations then with the click of a button the things themselves arrive on.
In an exhibition that brings together projects by eleven international artists we reencounter our bodies as lived felt racialized and gendered realities that are touched and touching alongside our constant companions the internet. Coorganized by curators alex klein ica and milena hoegsberg hok the exhibition reflects upon how the virtual has been engaged by contemporary artists as a way to consider the world as a site of. Myths of the marble documents a group exhibition that took place in 2017 at the henie onstad kunstsenter norway hok and the institute of contemporary art university of pennsylvania ica. Myths of the marble is an exhibition that pushes against idealizations of digital tools and virtual space.
Myths of the marble is an exhibition that pushes against idealizations of digital tools and virtual space.