The sky above the port
was the colour of television,
tuned to a dead channel
20 March, 2019
Kino Artis. Organized by CCA.
Tallinn, Estonia
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Inspired by science fiction as a thought experiment on the future, the program draws connections between the increasingly rapid technological progress and anthropogenic environmental damage. With a diverse selection of filming styles and techniques, it maps the emotional atmosphere of our present; the almost hallucinatory interplay between utopia and destruction; the wild mood swings between the promise of a sustainable future and a seemingly-dystopian present driven by Promethean techno-optimism and human exceptionalism.
“The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel” is the opening sentence in William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer, published in 1984.
Artists
Mark Leckey, Basim Magdy, Kristina Õllek, Agnieszka Polska, Semiconductor, Andrew Norman Wilson