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Guy Louden    

Art
  1. Tradition of Hope
  2. Neoneogothic
  3. Capriccio
  4. Cloisterfuck
  5. Panic Buy
  6. Preppers
  7. Ark
  8. Tech Hagiography
  9. Snake
  10. Network Arch

Curating
  1. Oblique Politics
  2. Private Island
  3. No Confidence
  4. Theatres
  5. Success

Writing
Mark

Ark





Guy Louden, Ark (II), 2019, computer equipment, gold, wikipedia backup, rugged case, custom cloth, rollng plinth.

           
Preppers often hoard or back-up files they believe will be important if the Internet were to collapse. Guy Louden presents an artwork that imagines such data in a postapocalyptic world. An onine backup of Wikipedia has been made precious in a data-scarce future, becoming a quasi-religious object of worship. The work questions what is valuable about our Information Age — what have we built that is worth saving?

Produced for the exhibition Preppers at Fremantle Arts Centre.





Mark