The sky above the port
was the colour of television,
tuned to a dead channel
20 March, 2019
Kino Artis. Organized by CCA.
Tallinn, Estonia
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Inspired by science fiction as a thought experiment on the future, the program draws connections between the increasingly rapid technological progress and anthropogenic environmental damage. With a diverse selection of filming styles and techniques, it maps the emotional atmosphere of our present; the almost hallucinatory interplay between utopia and destruction; the wild mood swings between the promise of a sustainable future and a seemingly-dystopian present driven by Promethean techno-optimism and human exceptionalism.
“The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel” is the opening sentence in William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer, published in 1984.
Artists
Mark Leckey, Basim Magdy, Kristina Õllek, Agnieszka Polska, Semiconductor, Andrew Norman Wilson
Agnieszka Polska, The New Sun (2017)
Mark Leckey, GreenScreenRefrigeratorAction (2010)
Andrew Norman Wilson, Ode to the Seekers 2012 (2016)
Kristina Õllek, Nautilus New Era (2018)
Basim Magdy, No Shooting Stars (2016)
Semiconductor, Brilliant Noise (2006)