Review: “Dystopia prevails in UICA exhibition”

January 16, 2013

“Dystopia Prevails in UICA exhibition”

Danielle Walsh
The Rapidian, January 15th, 2013

“Utopia is defined by Merriam-Webster as “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place,” as well as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions.” Dystopia is defined as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.“ In the imagined future of the Utopia/Dystopia exhibition currently on display at UICA, humans are largely absent. Evidence of former existence is present in the neat rows of golden plaque artifacts in Relics: Morals of Utopia Deconstructed Within A Geometric Matrix by Gerald di Falco, and in the vignette of a ruined Interior of a Detroit Home by Whitney Sage, as well as many other works. The only piece in which people are prominently visible is Places With No Names by Darryl Lauster, but they seem unrelatable, distant, contained within monitors. One of the four screens simply shows the artist sitting among foliage in what looks like a backyard, absently petting a chicken on his lap, staring off into the distance…”

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