[spectre] exh. FEEDFORWARD. The Angel of History. LABoral, Gijon/Spain

[Andreas Broeckmann]

FEEDFORWARD. THE ANGEL OF HISTORY
Cleaning up after the 20th century. What is progress now?
22.10.2009 - 05.04.2010

LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain

Feedforward. The Angel of History addresses the 
current moment in history where the wreckage of 
political conflict and economic inequality is 
piling up, while globalized forces-largely 
enabled by the "progress" of digital information 
technologies-inexorably feed us forward. The 
exhibition title references Paul Klee's painting 
"Angelus Novus," which Walter Benjamin famously 
interpreted as an "angel of history" transfixed 
by the wreckage of the past that is piling up in 
front of him while being propelled backwards into 
the uncertain future by a storm from paradise 
(progress).

CURATORS: Christiane Paul & Steve Dietz

ARTISTS: AES+F, Christopher Baker, Stella 
Brennan, Paul Chan, Nancy Davenport, Nonny de la 
Peña y Peggy Weil, Hasan Elahi, Cao Fei, Bárbara 
Fluxá, Daniel García Andújar, Fernando 
García-Dory, Goldin + Senneby, Harwood, Wright, 
Yokokoji, Knowbotic Research + Peter Sandbichler, 
Langlands + Bell, Jennifer + Kevin McCoy, Margot 
Lovejoy, Naeem Mohaiemen, Ali Momeni + Robin 
Mandel, Carlos Motta, Trevor Paglen, Rachael 
Rakena, Fez Fa'anana, Brian Fuata, Stephanie 
Rothenberg + Jeff Crouse, System-77CCR 
Consortium, Piotr Szyhalski, Tamiko Thiel + 
Teresa Reuter, Carey Young