Future Tense @ Beall Center for Art & Technology
August24 – December 14, 2024
The Beall Center for Art + Technology presents Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty, in partnership with Getty Pacific Standard Time ART: Art & Science Collide. The exhibition opens on August 24 and will run through December 14, 2024, with an opening reception and artist panel on Saturday, August 24th from 2-6pm.
Opening Reception:: Saturday, August 24, 2024 2-6pm
Future Tense offers artistic frameworks for comprehending complex systems in the 21st century. The exhibition presents emerging and established contemporary artists who engage with complexity in myriad systems, including robotics, evolutionary biology, data surveillance, global warming, and bacterial intelligence.
Cesar & Lois, Chico MacMurtrie, Laura Splan, Hege Tapio, and Gail Wight are premiering newly commissioned, transdisciplinary works under the Beall Center’s Black Box Projects, a residency program that facilitates collaborations between visiting artists and UC Irvine faculty researchers. Ralf Baecker, Carolina Caycedo, David de Rozas, the Harrison Studio, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Julie Mehretu, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Clare Rojas, Theresa Schubert, and Pinar Yoldas are exhibiting existing paintings, sculptures, and installations that explore complexity.
Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty is supported by the Beall Family Foundation and Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative.
