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Overview"Technological evolution and obsolescence on Earth and in outer space, in a new project by artist Julia Christensen This volume documents an ongoing investigation by artist Julia Christensen (born 1976) into how our relentless ""upgrade culture""—the perceived notion that we need to constantly upgrade our electronics to remain relevant—fundamentally impacts our experience of time. In a personal narrative interspersed with related interdisciplinary artwork and conversations with experts from different fields (other artists, archivists, academics), Christensen takes readers along a path from the international ""e-waste"" industry to institutional archives, eventually leading her to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). At JPL, Christensen began a dialog with a group of exo-planetary scientists, engineers and machine learning experts to develop long-lived space mission concepts that include an update of the Voyager spacecrafts’ 1977 ""Golden Record,"" to be embedded on a hypothetical future interstellar spacecraft. She and the scientists are designing an artwork generated by an extraterrestrial system that tells a distinctly new story of life on Earth. In taking on this challenge, Christensen—a female pioneer redefining the intersection of art, technology, and outer space—must envision an artwork for an evolving, autonomously-upgrading spaceship headed toward a potentially habitable planet in another star system. Her years-long investigation into upgrade culture leads to design concepts that potentially transcend technological obsolescence altogether." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julia Christensen , Karen Kelly , Barbara Schroeder , Cory ArcangelPublisher: Dancing Foxes Press Imprint: Dancing Foxes Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781733688925ISBN 10: 1733688927 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 06 August 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"[Christensen] has rummaged through e-waste facilities in India, and has envisioned an updated Golden Record with NASA to send into space.--Wallace Ludel ""Art Newspaper"" Investigates the Effects of Technological Obsolescence--Elisa Wouk-Almino ""Hyperallergic""" [Christensen] has rummaged through e-waste facilities in India, and has envisioned an updated Golden Record with NASA to send into space.--Wallace Ludel Art Newspaper Investigates the Effects of Technological Obsolescence--Elisa Wouk-Almino Hyperallergic Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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