OBSOLETE GUARANTEE
Obsolete Guarantee draws a connection between rare or extinct species and our throwaway mentality – particularly with out-dated technology. Taking its cues from display environments such as zoo ‘reptile exhibits’ and museum taxidermy display cases, old phones sit in various artificially modelled habitats – a relic of the past, an endangered creature, an archived specimen.
It appears that as we move through a changing world, it is becoming harder to connect with the reality of nature, and we fail to acknowledge or act on our impact. As with our mythologizing of extinct species in a museum context, the advent of the new field of “computer archaeology” immortalizes our outdated technology, which gives us a sense of advancement, at the cost of missing an opportunity to appreciate what we already have.
Amy Cleary 2013
From the exhibition
Obsolete Guarantee | 2013 | Seventh Gallery | Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
