COUNTING BACKWARDS
Samantha Salzinger, Margi Nothard, Andrew Nigon, Jillian Mayer
Nov 9, 2013 - Jan 1, 2014 | Young At Art Museum
We are all still here, until we are not. Science has yet to yield the option of agelessness and supercollisions may not decode infinity before the earth continues upon its trajectory without us. This fact can either cripple or elicit the kind of creative responses collected to form Counting Backwards: reactions to inevitable, fundamental shifts in the world by four of South Florida’s most pioneering contemporary artists. While we wonder if the future ever came our days are being numbered by the accelerating subversion of human communication, geopolitical relationships and climate stability. In response, Samantha Salzinger, Margi Nothard, Andrew Nigon and Jillian Mayer offer bold visions of post-humanity, escape plans and consolation prizes for making it this far that are simultaneously saccharine and haunting. Interactive environments, sculptural installations and towering images transform the funhouse corridors and modern interiors of the Young At Art Museum into an enveloping experience activated by the public within.
Samantha Salzinger, Margi Nothard, Andrew Nigon, Jillian Mayer
Nov 9, 2013 - Jan 1, 2014 | Young At Art Museum
We are all still here, until we are not. Science has yet to yield the option of agelessness and supercollisions may not decode infinity before the earth continues upon its trajectory without us. This fact can either cripple or elicit the kind of creative responses collected to form Counting Backwards: reactions to inevitable, fundamental shifts in the world by four of South Florida’s most pioneering contemporary artists. While we wonder if the future ever came our days are being numbered by the accelerating subversion of human communication, geopolitical relationships and climate stability. In response, Samantha Salzinger, Margi Nothard, Andrew Nigon and Jillian Mayer offer bold visions of post-humanity, escape plans and consolation prizes for making it this far that are simultaneously saccharine and haunting. Interactive environments, sculptural installations and towering images transform the funhouse corridors and modern interiors of the Young At Art Museum into an enveloping experience activated by the public within.