The Constant Search for a Better Way

June 20 鈥� August 1, 2008
丁香园AV Gallery

Participating artists: Kelly Jazvac, Daniel Laskarin, Evan Lee, Julio Lopez, Jason McLean, Robert McNealy, Steven Rayner, Jon Sasaki, Ian Wallace, Neil Wedman

Progress, in all its guises鈥攊ncluding the invention and expansion of technologies鈥攊s the central tenet of Modernism. The arts and sciences both have experimentation at their core; neither the results of experiments nor the ways in which new technologies will exist in the world can ever be accurately predicted. This exhibition looks at several facets of technology, including its failures, effects, and the ways that it has invaded the body. The exhibition title comes from a 1962 Bell Labs ad announcing the invention of the laser. The ad's text ends with, 鈥淩esearch and development, which have brought so much to so many, have but touched the fringe of still greater progress to come鈥�. Science, art, and technology all play in the global sandbox of endless improvement; that search is explored here, as is humanity's inability to foresee the results of its own inventiveness.

Curated by Bill Jeffries.

Events

Opening Reception
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7 - 9pm

Lunchtime Tours of the Exhibition
Tuesday, June 24, 12:05pm and 12:35pm
Wednesday, June 25, 12:05pm and 12:35pm
Thursday, July 3, 12:05pm and 12:35pm