Jan 20th 2025

Jeanette May: CURIOUS DEVICES

@ ARC Gallery

1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Monday, January 20th, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, February 28th

Jeanette May’s still lifes reveal our complicated relationship with obsolete technology by juxtaposing the seductive designs and the inner workings of Curious Devices. Her photographs display a reverence for finely crafted merchandise, industrial design, and scientific wonders. The technological tableaus span antique stereoscopes and art deco clocks to Bluetooth headphones. Each object’s style, color, and construction epitomize a period of both aesthetic and technological advancement. May opens some devices to expose the archaic gears of movie projectors and the enigmatic architecture of circuit boards. What becomes of the beloved tech that stops working or can’t be updated?

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