Ken Goldberg and the Wisdom of Trees in Hyperallergic
BCNM faculty member Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain's installation Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology has been spotlighted in Hyperallergic.
From the article:
LOS ANGELES — Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology at the Skirball Cultural Center is a mind-bending installation and learning library by the Bay Area artist duo Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg. Presented in conjunction with the Getty’s PST ART initiative, Art & Science Collide, the exhibition pays homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through a series of timelines inscribed over the rings of fallen tree fragments, culled from salvage yards, using the age-old technique of pyrography (wood burning). These timelines address the histories of such topics as knowledge itself, California trees, science, and Judaism.
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