Future Proof
@ Lodge
1850 S Blue Island, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, February 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 14th
work by
SARAH BELKNAP & JOSEPH BELKNAP
MARISSA LEE BENEDICT
LIZ ENSZ
PARSONS & CHARLESWORTH
DAVID REUTER
MANUEL RODRIGUEZ
JIYOUNG YOON
curated by
Phil Peters
Survivalism conjures images from the most fantastical corners of our imagination, but also a bleak reality, a reduction to essentials, an anxious urgency. This collection of work, tinged with humor and irony, has at its core the tapping finger or backwards glance. It triangulates a self-conscious position between technology, environment, and body. In doing so, its fundamental concerns are more to do with the needs of our psychology. The important questions are not about what is coming, but how we think about what is coming. For all its spectacle, the metaphor of survivalism finds its roots in the fundamental and the mundane. An expression of time and endurance. In the end, after all the preparations, our most indelible words may be carried forward on wisps of plastic bags: thank you thank you thank you.
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Tags: Chicago, David Reuter, Future Proof, Jiyoung Yoon, Liz Ensz, Lodge, Lower West Side, Manuel Rodríguez, Marissa Lee Benedict, PARSONS & CHARLESWORTH, Phil Peters, Sarah Belknap + Joseph Belknap
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