Lafayette Anticipation associate curator Anna Colin talks to artist Tyler Coburn about Ergonomic Futures, a speculative project engaged with art, design, science, anthropology and writing. In this interview, Coburn discusses the research, production process and network of collaborators of a multilayered project ultimately concerned with the futures of humankind. Anna Colin: When one comes across your museum seats Ergonomic Futures (2016—) in contemporary art exhibitions—and soon in natural history, fine art, and anthropology museums—they look… [read more »]
Mood Disorder | David Horvitz
Inspired by Bas Jan Ander’s I’m Too Sad To Tell You, Mood Disorder is a “stock image” made by David Horvitz of himself to look like a typical stock image of depression (using research from his Sad, Depressed, People book and project). It was then put onto Wikipedia’s page for Mood Disorder, after which it became copyright-free and began to be used as a free stock image for depression on cheap websites all over the Web.
These images also exist as a collection of prints, and will be published as an art book in the fall.
