Future Life. Interferences, Alterations, Changes.

Our present time, in which everything is connected to everything else, is characterized by the augmented alteration of bodies and identities, the environment, the economy and even the concept of truth. This increasingly vulnerable and sensitive network of relationships and interdependences means that we are living in an era of constant uncertainty and change. All the works related to Future Life engage with these systemic disturbances in the established order. They address the sustainability of the current permeable framework for a social and cultural fabric, which is more and more damaged, torn or in a fragile balance at its breaking point.

The artists in this exhibition work with blood and chlorophyll to investigate the connections between human and plant life. They use microbial cultures, robotic clams and sensors to demonstrate the contamination of the oceans; or apply AI algorithms so that something as innocent as a flower can visualize financial speculation. They also engage with the new icons, practices and virtual devices that define the increasingly polarized and radicalized scenarios of online social and cultural ecosystems.