BAJAJ ART GALLERY, MUMBAI
JANUARY 2018
HEAVEN 2.0
The work explores a possible future through a fictional story where a soil expert time travels to the future and finds herself in conversation with an intelligent assistant to understand the world she finds herself in.
The work is a response to the parallel shifts we are witnessing. the shift of our immediate interactions over to the network and the 6th mass extinction the earth is going through. The latter affects us only indirectly, such as getting paper straws instead of plastic ones at McDonald.
The geography of the world we share with non-human beings is changing. The megastructure of oil pipelines and fibre optic cables buried underneath oceans is pouring rivers of crude oil and data into our cities and emergent cyberspace. Wifi-fields light up spaces connecting us to the network through our devices. Our common future seems to be at a critical turn, both environmentally and digitally.
Heaven 2.0 was exhibited as a part of The Future is here curated by Arshitya Lokhandwala. The show was open at the The work was supported by Jamanalal Bajaj Foundation.
©This is a gif taken from the film and is part of the work HEAVEN2.0 and its copyright belongs to the artist and Jamanalal Bajaj Foundation.