Salvation Curves, 2019:
Etched circuit boards, LEDs, three charts out of „The Singularity is near: When Humans Transcend Biology“ by Ray Kurzweil, each 25 × 30 × 5 cm
Speed of Life, 2019:
Chequered flag, iron pole, faux spearhead180 × 20 × 20 cm
“Our sole responsibility is to produce something smarter than we are; any problems beyond that are not ours to solve…”
– Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google
In the last decades, various attempts have been made to predict the future development of technology. Not uncommonly, these projections merged with the expectance of a moment in time where technology transcends the human mind. The range of hopes and dreams that find place in these techno-utopian visions is broad; and the graphs that circulate within these milieus give the predictions an air of rational science.