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Allison Urban
Sculpture and video
14 x 14 x 10 feet
Throughout history methods of conveying information accurately have iterated from symbolism, such as cave painting, to abstraction, such as language. We have arrived at a unique place in history where the rate of technological advancement is steadily increasing towards what is referred to as the technological singularity, or the point at which transhumanism, or the ability to transcend the limitations of the body through integration with technology, could potentially come to fruition. Closely associated with the concept of transhumanism is post literacy, or the idea that written language will be replaced by an unknowable, wordless medium that is more precise and articulate in facilitating communication. In this theoretical next chapter of human history, information is fluid, divorced from form, allowing for pure communication devoid of abstraction and interpretation.
The aim of my piece is to imply the threshold between current technological achievement and the technological singularity, between literacy and post literacy, between form and fluidity in information, between an embedded history and a shift to instantaneity, and to be an environment where language, specifically its visual form, is intuitively recognizable as both archaic and prophetic.
About the Artist:
Allison is interested in cinema, architecture, and experimental literature.
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