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A deep look at a contemporary artist whose work highlights how the
rise of technology and corporate capitalism have disrupted our
lives and polarized society One of the most thought-provoking
artists of his generation, Josh Kline (b. 1979) creates
installations, sculptures, videos, and photographs that address the
ways new technologies affect how people live and work. Engaging
with a range of concerns that impact the entire labor force, from
essential workers to the creative class, Kline demonstrates how
climate change, automation, disease, and politics have shaped our
identities. At a time when so many aspects of life are under
threat, Kline takes an unflinching look at how we got here and
boldly imagines a more equitable and empathetic future. Kline's art
demonstrates the ways technology has widened and reinforced the gap
of inequity in America, while also carrying the potential to make a
fairer world. "As an artist who's thinking about the consequences
of technological innovation," Kline has said, "I think there's an
obligation to raise questions about who benefits." His ongoing
cycle of installations (Freedom, 2014-16; Unemployment, 2015-16,
Civil War, 2016-19; Climate Change, 2019- ) that imagine the next
hundred years of society are featured in this book, along with his
earlier bodies of work, Creative Labor (2009- ) and Blue Collars
(2014- ) and production images and concept sketches for his newest
works that are published here for the first time. Distributed for
the Whitney Museum of American Art Exhibition Schedule: Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York (April 19-August 13, 2023)
A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and
government power by writers, artists, and others The filmmaker,
artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of
mass surveillance, "war on terror," drone program, Guantanamo, and
torture in her work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was
contacted by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency
subcontractor who leaked classified information about
government-sponsored surveillance. Her resulting documentary,
Citizenfour, which won an Academy Award for best documentary
feature in 2015, is the third film in her post-9/11 film trilogy.
For this volume, Poitras has invited authors ranging from artists
and novelists to technologists and academics to respond to the
modern-day state of mass surveillance. Among them are the acclaimed
author Dave Eggers, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the former
Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene, the writer and
researcher Kate Crawford, and Edward Snowden, to name but a few.
Some contributors worked directly with Poitras and the archive of
documents leaked by Snowden; others contributed fictional
reinterpretations of spycraft. The result is a "how-to" guide for
living in a society that collects extraordinary amounts of
information on individuals. Questioning the role of surveillance
and advocating for collective privacy are central tennets for
Poitras, who has long engaged with and supported free-software
technologists. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule: Whitney Museum of American Art
(02/05/16-05/01/16)
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