2010 Was the World of the Future
Various artists curated by Clint Enns: January 16, 2010
Regular Programming Presentation No. 4
Various artists curated by Clint Enns, 2010 Was the World of the Future, January 16, 2010
Description: As part of our annual "Art's Birthday" celebration, Video Pool presented a screening of single-channel video works that deal with concepts of space and futurism, curated by Clint Enns. Enns writes:
"Some of us thought the future would never come, but the future is here and it already looks dated. The films in this program deal with the concept of future from the perspective of our place in time, namely, 2010. We are literally in the 21st century, the world of the future. There are no flying cars, there is no world peace (and it doesn’t appear to be coming soon) and we have yet to make contact (or at least that is what the government is telling us). One of the main things that hasn’t changed is that both dystopian and utopian visions of the future are constantly being put forth."
This screening was extremely well attended due to the fact that it was shown within the context of a large public gathering, contemporary media art was exposed to a new audience that has had limited engagement with this type of work.
Names of Artist(s) & Title(s) of Work(s)
Curtis Wiebe - Rocket John, Winnipeg, 2009
Leslie Supnet - Fair Trade, Winnipeg, 2009
Gwen Trutnau - Brodeo in Space, Winnipeg, 2008
Stuart Hughes - Is It The Future or What?, Vancouver, 2009
Richard Altman and Seb Capone - Sociology 666, Winnipeg, 1996
Christian Nicolay - Ampli Fly, Vancouver, 2008
Matthew Rankin - Je me souviens, Winnipeg, 2003
Michael Stecky - Harmaline, Toronto, 2004
Thorsten Fleisch - Dromosphäre/Dromosphere, Berlin, 2010
Colin Barton - Intestinal Fortitute, Los Angeles, 1991