Artifacts of the Future

Peter Jellitsch

OPENING INVITATION

Collectors Agenda
Franz-Josefs-Kai 3 | 3rd floor | 1010 Vienna

Opening Days
Thu 9 JUL, 19-21

Exhibition times
10 JUL – 25 JUL, Wed – Sat, 12–18
by appointment until 22 AUG

Dear friends of Collectors Agenda,

we warmly invite you to the opening of our last show before the summer break.

Peter Jellitsch’s artistic interest moves between the digital and analog world. Artifacts of the Future is inspired by an earlier work cycle of his which deals with cellular network antennas disguised as palm trees as they occur in some parts of the world.

His encounter with these absurd replicas prepared the ground for a series of works by the title Palm Tree Antennas that featured details of palms organized as rasterized patterns. These ink drawings of palm trees are representative of the fact that, to the degree that we are relying on technology to enhance or enable our lives, technology is increasingly entering our sphere of lives in the form of organic experiences.

Artifacts of the Future is a continuation of the question of objective and subjective reality, a question that the American author Philip K. Dick had already made a topic in his widely acclaimed Sci-Fi novels. It is one that is increasingly imposing itself on our lives in the 21st century. In the not-too-distant future, innovations in information science and biotechnology will affect humanity in unprecedented ways and technology will be impossible to separate from organic matter.

In consideration of your health and safety, we follow all local safety regulations, keep a reasonable distance and, although no longer compulsory, we encourage all guests to bring their own masks.
At the same time, Zeller van Almsick is opening Body Lotion, featuring works on paper by 20 different artists.

We are looking forward to seeing you next Thursday!

Florian