“Reset”, the exhibition series initiated by PriskaPasquer last year, is devoted to artists whose work holds a mirror up to the far-reaching developments of the digital age. While its predecessor explored modernism, “Reset II” examines the parallels between contemporary art and Italian futurism.The exhibition focuses on three aspects: temporality and speed, new ways of seeing and representing things and cross-genre works of art.
The art of the Italian futurists centers on the themes of dynamism, progress and speed.The artists saw the changes engendered by technical progress as a break with the historical past, as a fundamental change and as a challenge to be countered with new artistic means. In their zeal, they attempted to create the new “beauty of speed”. In doing so, they experimented with all media: painting, photography, sculpture, music and literature.
Some 100 years on, time has once again accelerated dramatically thanks to digital development.Today, we live at a speed that no longer seems to fi t into the historic time model of past, present and future.Terms such as “post-present”, “super-now” or “extreme present” attempt to describe this state of radical acceleration. As with the avant-garde a hundred years ago, today’s artists are looking for adequate forms of expression in a dramatically changing world. The “Reser II and Futurism” exhibition also features an accompanying program.A number of events will be held between September 2016 and January 2017, illustrating different perspectives on the subject and discussing critical aspects.
Reset II and Futurism
ThroughJanuary 27, 2017
PriskaPasquer
Albertusstraße 18
50667 Köln
Germany
