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artists & participants
Lawrence Abu Hamdan,
Fatima Al Qadiri,
Farah Al Qasimi,
Sophia Al-Maria,
Cao Fei,
Jarvis Cocker,
Stephanie Comilang,
Craig Green x Moncler Genius,
Sara Cwynar,
Pan Daijing,
Simon Denny,
Barry Doupe,
Thomas Dozol,
Cecile B. Evans,
Samuel Fosso,
Satoshi Fujiwara,
GCC,
Miles Gertler,
Liam Gillick,
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster,
Wang Haiyang,
Heman Chong,
Lynn Hershman Leeson,
Thomas Hirschhorn,
Carsten Höller,
Yu Honglei,
Pierre Huyghe,
Ian Cheng,
Emmanuel Iduma,
Anne Imhof,
Koo Jeong A,
Miranda July,
Raja A Khalid,
Yazan Khalili,
Jürgen Klauke,
Agnieszka Kurant,
Isabel Lewis,
Urs Lüthi,
Goshka Macuga,
John Menick,
Momus,
Ana Nicolaescu,
Precious Okoyomon,
Lorraine O`Grady,
Trevor Paglen,
Philippe Parreno,
Yuri Pattison,
Johannes Paul Raether,
Lucy Raven,
Asad Raza,
NVIDIA Research,
Tabita Rezaire,
Rachel Rose,
Pamela Rosenkranz,
Stephanie Saade,
Peter Saville & Yoso Mouri,
Amnesia Scanner,
Bogosi Sekhukhuni,
Paul Mpagi Sepuya,
Wai-Kin Sin,
Ania Soliman,
Michael Stipe,
Christine Sun Kim,
Jenna Sutela,
Sissel Tolaas,
Suzanne Treister,
Anna Uddenberg,
Amalia Ulman,
Yaeji ,
Liam Young,
Chen Zhou
curators
press release
Age of You
January 28–August 14, 2021
Curated by Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist, with graphic design UK studio by Daly & Lyon, Age of You considers how our perceptions of ourselves have changed, and what it means to be an individual today.
Opening on January 28, the exhibition will include works in film, fashion, sculpture and installation by more than 70 contributors, presented through 13 chapters that chart the remaking of the interior self.
The exhibition – a collaboration between Jameel Arts Centre and Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto – also previews an upcoming book by the curators titled The Extreme Self, a sequel to The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present.
Age of You is an exhibition about how the self has become more extreme, and what it means to be an individual today. Curated by Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist, with graphic design by Daly & Lyon, it includes over 70 visual contributors from the worlds of art, design, filmmaking, photography, performance and electronic music.
This century’s most valuable resource is you—and all your online behaviours and enriched data sets. In this process, a large part of you is extracted from you, and exists everywhere and nowhere, independently of your five senses. Then the sudden arrival of the pandemic pushed the world faster and further into the 21st century. Is this why the inside of your head feels so strange? Are you really built for so much change so quickly? What if individuality—and the crowd—is morphing into something else?
The exhibition previews a forthcoming book by Basar/Coupland/Obrist, The Extreme Self, a sequel to their previous title, The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present. Set across two of Jameel Art Centre’s gallery floors, Age of You includes major works in film, fashion, sculpture and installation, while 13 immersive chapters chart the remaking of your interior world as the external world becomes more uncertain. Words and slogans by the curators are juxtaposed against portraits sourced from:
Agnieszka Kurant, Amalia Ulman, Amnesia Scanner, Ana Nicolaescu, Ania Soliman, Anna Uddenberg, Anne Imhof, Asad Raza, Barry Doupé, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Cao Fei, Carsten Höller, Cécile B Evans, Chen Zhou, Christine Sun Kim, Craig Green x Moncler Genius, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Emmanuel Iduma, Farah Al Qasimi, Fatima Al Qadiri, GCC, Goshka Macuga, Heman Chong, Ian Cheng, Isabel Lewis, Jarvis Cocker, Jenna Sutela, Johannes Paul Raether, John Menick, Jürgen Klauke, Koo Jeong A, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Liam Gillick, Liam Young, Lorraine O’Grady, Lucy Raven, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Michael Stipe, Miles Gertler, Miranda July, Momus, NVIDIA Research, Pamela Rosenkranz, Pan Daijing, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Peter Saville & Yoso Mouri, Philippe Parreno, Pierre Huyghe, Precious Okoyomon, Rachel Rose, Raja’a Khalid, Samuel Fosso, Sara Cwynar, Satoshi Fujiwara, Simon Denny, Sissel Tolaas, Sophia Al-Maria, Stéphanie Saadé, Stephanie Comilang, Suzanne Treister, Tabita Rezaire, Thomas Dozol, Thomas Hirschhorn, Trevor Paglen, Urs Lüthi, Victoria Sin, Wang Haiyang, Yaeji, Yazan Khalili, Yu Honglei, Yuri Pattison.
Age of You is a collaboration between the Jameel Arts Centre and MOCA Toronto.