How can identity be created in a global, virtualized, inter-changeable world? At the exhibition 'Infinite Jest' from 5 June until 7 September 2014, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt will throw lights on the construction of identity in today's global, virtualized world with its interchangeable realities: keywords like transparent people in common digital social networks, quantified self, body hacking introduce into some main themes that inspired the collection of artworks by eighteen artists at this group exhibition. One of the 'Infinite Jest' artists is US filmmaker Ryan Trecartin whose videos appear like nervous phone-camera shots of short-termed constructions of selves that are switching between genders and various looks. Ryan Trecartin was cited at The White Review's article 'The Real Internet Is Inside You': "I love the idea of technology and culture moving faster than the understanding of those mediums by people." Max Hollein, director of the Schirn: "Expressions like quantified self, body hacking, and burnout are endemic in today's media. Absolute optimization and perfection are required from each individual in the global world around the clock. What about the other side and the consequences of this continuous circling of man around himself?" |
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