Have you ever meditate with robots?
“Speculative Futures” was exhibited in UADE Art, Buenos Aires. Its goal is to promote critical thinking about who we are and who or what we could become over the years, centuries, or millennia as a human species.
The main instalation Speculative Futures , which gives the exhibit its name, revolves around an immersive experience featuring twelve solar robots inspired by the previous work “Robotika” (2019). These robots perform by moving their heads in smooth motions to worship the sun.
The exhibition included two robotic meditations guided by a yogi and accompanied by the sound of Tibetan bowls.
Planet B is a sculptural and poetic representation of Earth’s drought. Inspired by the dry desert land, a sphere was crafted from pieces of “cracked earth” collected nearby. From an environmental perspective, it is said that there is no Planet B because we have only one, which is why we must take care of the only habitat we have, as we do not have an alternative, except for the parched land.
In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of Mother Earth, just as Pachamama is for the Andean worldview.
Gaia 3.0 proposes a dialogue between technology and nature, where the future of humanity will depend on our actions today.
The Earth, our planet, is 4.5 billion years old. This timespan is unimaginable for our minds; it far exceeds the scale by which we measure our personal time. Even the duration of humanity’s existence as a species on Earth is negligible on the scale of the Universe.
Our own evolution has distanced us from contact with nature, causing us to forget that we are part of it and that we should not fight against it, but rather care for and protect it.
During the exhibition, Joaquin Fargas gave a talk to university students about art, the environment, and the (speculative) future that lies ahead, posing more questions than answers.
(Photo credit for the talk: mac_b_pics y Pierinacaruso.ph)
