The Uncanny
dal 8/2/2002 al 26/5/2002
Segnalato da
8/2/2002
The Uncanny
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Experiments in Cyborg Culture. The exhibition proceeds from the premise that the image of the cyborg has traditionally provided our culture with a visual metaphor for the anxiety that accompanied the growing presence of the machine in western culture. Modern culture’s representation of the cyborg shuttles between a celebratory fascination with the machine and an intense anxiety around masculinity and mechanical equipment.
Experiments in Cyborg Culture
Today we see the cyborg everywhere around us - Arnold
Schwarzenegger's Terminator, Star Trek's Borg, William
Gibson's cyberpunks and Nintendo's GameBoy. The Uncanny
is a wide-ranging exhibition that explores historical and
contemporary representation of the cybernetic body - the
combination of human and machine - in the visual arts and
popular culture.
The exhibition proceeds from the premise that the image of
the cyborg has traditionally provided our culture with a
visual metaphor for the anxiety that accompanied the
growing presence of the machine in western culture.
Modern culture’s representation of the cyborg shuttles
between a celebratory fascination with the machine and an
intense anxiety around masculinity and mechanical
equipment.
Key historical works will include a 19th century automaton,
19th century scientific photography and early 20th
artworks by Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger
and Francis Picabia. The exhibition will also include
contemporary works by Tony Oursler, Mariko Mori, Gary Hill,
Takashi Murakami, Lee Bul, Survival Research Lab and many
more. Both the historical and contemporary sections of the
exhibition will be supplemented with popular cultural
representations of the cyborg ranging from 19th century
illustrations and prints to contemporary film and Japanese
anime, literature, comic books and illustrations.
Image:
Kenji Yanobe
Yellow Suit (detail), 1991
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Adults $11.00
Seniors $8.00
Students $6.50
Thursday evenings (5pm to 9pm) $ 6.00 suggested donation
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