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Indepth Arts News:
"You Are Not A Gadget - A Group Exhibition"
2011-01-15 until 2011-02-28
Pekin Fine Arts
Beijing, ,
CN China
"You are not a gadget" a group exhibition will be opened at Pekin Fine Arts in Beijing on January 15 with a reception
from 2:00 AM - 6:00AM. The exhibition continues to February 28, 2011. The title, "You are not a gadget" comes from the namesake book by Jaron Lanier, who is a well-known American computer scientist and writer. Carol Yinghua Lu is the curator of this exhibition which included works by Chen Shaoxiong, Huang Ran, Jin Shan, Leng Wen, Lu Zhengyuan, Yan Xing, Zhuang Hui and Dan Er. Pekin Gallery promtes their artists with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com
Jaron Lanier invented the word "virtual reality" in the early 1980s and has been writing to discuss and criticize the political motive and ideological
implications hidden behind the Internet which is existing as a means of
information and knowledge production, much of it being included in the book
"You are not a gadget" (published in 2010). This influential work reminds us
of the fact that the Internet, generally seen as a channel or platform for
receiving and sending out information, is far from a mere technological
existence. Rather, it influences and forms our judgment and world outlook
without our awareness. Artists taking part in this exhibit keep a curious and
critical attitude toward the fact that the Internet is already a part of their
lives and work, so the works in this exhibit reveal some of their reflection
and discussion about the nature of the Internet.
View more work from this exhibition.
Visit Pekin Gallery's Portfolio at absoluteart.com
http://galleries.absolutearts.com/pekinfinearts
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