Utopia or Oblivion
Kevin Clancy
OCTOBER 2019
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Bunker Projects presents Utopia or Oblivion, a new installation by Kevin Clancy that explores the complex effects of rapid technological acceleration on contemporary culture. Through a series of speculative artifacts from imagined futures, Utopia or Oblivion examines the omnipresent forces of the internet, social media, surveillance, and screens in contemporary life. The exhibition will feature a series of new mixed-media sculptures, bathed in dichroic light, accompanied by a soundscape composed by John Also Bennett.
Funding for Utopia or Oblivion was provided by Investing in Professional Artists Grants Program, a partnership of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments. www.kevinclancy.studio Instagram: @kevinclancy.studio |
Portrait by Dana Broeker
About the Artist:
Kevin Clancy is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersections of installation, sculpture, light, and new media. He creates accumulative process-based installations, nomadic social spaces, and prismatic light environments that provide momentary glimpses into utopian possibilities.
He has exhibited work at Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver), Flux Factory (Queens), The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh), ILLUMINUS (Boston), Keleketla! Library (Johannesburg), Samsøn (Boston), West Virginia University (Morgantown), and Penn State University (State College).
He holds a BFA with Honors and Distinction from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He is a member of 3577 Studios and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.
About the Artist:
Kevin Clancy is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersections of installation, sculpture, light, and new media. He creates accumulative process-based installations, nomadic social spaces, and prismatic light environments that provide momentary glimpses into utopian possibilities.
He has exhibited work at Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver), Flux Factory (Queens), The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh), ILLUMINUS (Boston), Keleketla! Library (Johannesburg), Samsøn (Boston), West Virginia University (Morgantown), and Penn State University (State College).
He holds a BFA with Honors and Distinction from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He is a member of 3577 Studios and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.
Documentation by David Bernabo
Essay by Taylor Fisch
“The future is a choice between Utopia and Oblivion,” proclaimed the architect, theorist, and futurist, Buckminster Fuller, “Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch and go relay race right up to the final moment…Humanity is ‘in final exam’ as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.” Five decades later, with the world presumably still at its desk, Kevin Clancy has cut these words into reflective acrylic, and invites us to see a future beyond the final moment.
The future is alluring upon arrival. A glow of magenta light emanates from the three second-story windows of 5106 Penn Avenue. Greeted by the slightly eerie, slightly calming electronic soundscape composed by John Also Bennett, we might have just landed at an Apple Store in the Twilight Zone. The domestic interior of the gallery, with its uneven hardwood floors, slices of exposed brick, and fireplace, is now a space that is not entirely in this world or the next...
Continues, Utopia or Oblivion: The Yesterday of Today’s Tomorrow
The future is alluring upon arrival. A glow of magenta light emanates from the three second-story windows of 5106 Penn Avenue. Greeted by the slightly eerie, slightly calming electronic soundscape composed by John Also Bennett, we might have just landed at an Apple Store in the Twilight Zone. The domestic interior of the gallery, with its uneven hardwood floors, slices of exposed brick, and fireplace, is now a space that is not entirely in this world or the next...
Continues, Utopia or Oblivion: The Yesterday of Today’s Tomorrow
