Ian Cheng: Life After BOB | Exhibition Trailer

Описание: Ian Cheng: ‘Life After BOB’
9 September - 6 November 2022 at Halle am Berghain, Berlin
Presented by Light Art Space (LAS)

A groundbreaking cinematic experience ‘Life After BOB’ engages a central contemporary question: what is the status of human life, in an age of rapid technological innovation?

Centring on Ian Cheng’s first narrative film The Chalice Study, this LAS-commissioned exhibition plunges into the complex relationship between technology, human free will and desire. ‘Life After BOB’ is a planned eight-part anime miniseries by Ian Cheng, wherein humans and AI merge, with turbulent consequences.

The exhibition advances the American artist's practice as, for the first time, Cheng situates his work with computer-simulated animation in a physical installation. Inside Berlin’s iconic post-industrial venue Halle am Berghain, the resultant experience takes viewers on a psychologically charged journey far beyond the screen. Ultimately, this odyssey unfolds within us, and our shifting social and technological context.

Credits:

© 2022 Ian Cheng

Curated by Amira Gad
Assisted by Liz Stumpf
Produced for LAS by Flinder Zuyderhoff-Gray

Directing DOP & Postproduction: Alexander Ronsdorf
Production Coordination: Alice Lamperti
Creative Direction: Selin Şahin

‘Life After BOB: The Chalice Study’ is co-commissioned by LAS (Light Art Space), The Shed and Luma Foundation.

Research developed with The Transformations of the Human at the Berggruen Institute.
The interactive mobile application is supported by Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul).