Evan Lee, Stain#11, 2003, digital C-print.
Neil Wedman, Dollar Store, 1998, oil on linen. Private collection.
The Constant Search for a Better Way, installation view, 2008, SFU Gallery. Photo: SFU LIDC.
The Constant Search for a Better Way, installation view, 2008, SFU Gallery. Photo: SFU LIDC.
The Constant Search for a Better Way, installation view, 2008, SFU Gallery. Photo: SFU LIDC.
The Constant Search for a Better Way, installation view, 2008, SFU Gallery. Photo: SFU LIDC.
The Constant Search for a Better Way
June 20 – August 1, 2008
SFU Gallery
Participating artists: Kelly Jazvac, Daniel Laskarin, Evan Lee, Julio Lopez, Jason McLean, Robert McNealy, Steven Rayner, Jon Sasaki, Ian Wallace, Neil Wedman
Progress, in all its guises—including the invention and expansion of technologies—is the central tenet of Modernism. The arts and sciences both have experimentation at their core; neither the results of experiments nor the ways in which new technologies will exist in the world can ever be accurately predicted. This exhibition looks at several facets of technology, including its failures, effects, and the ways that it has invaded the body. The exhibition title comes from a 1962 Bell Labs ad announcing the invention of the laser. The ad's text ends with, “Research and development, which have brought so much to so many, have but touched the fringe of still greater progress to come”. Science, art, and technology all play in the global sandbox of endless improvement; that search is explored here, as is humanity's inability to foresee the results of its own inventiveness.
Curated by Bill Jeffries.
Events
Opening Reception
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7 - 9pm
Lunchtime Tours of the Exhibition
Tuesday, June 24, 12:05pm and 12:35pm
Wednesday, June 25, 12:05pm and 12:35pm
Thursday, July 3, 12:05pm and 12:35pm