Abstract
Would a work—a painting, a building, a chair or a display—always operate within the framework of human intention? To bring thinking into the future, there is a need for future-focused methodologies. In this paper I will re-work the past by addressing the agency beyond human intention. By using the 1972 MoMA exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” as the empirical case, the paper will show how not only humans conceptualize reality, but things themselves have the capacity to display the future.
Keywords
nonhuman agency; ontology; display; climate change
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2016.359
Citation
Halland Rashidi, I. (2016) (Re)working the Past, (Dis)playing the Future. Italy: The New Domestic Landscape at MoMA, 1972, in Lloyd, P. and Bohemia, E. (eds.), Future Focused Thinking - DRS International Conference 2016, 27 - 30 June, Brighton, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2016.359
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(Re)working the Past, (Dis)playing the Future. Italy: The New Domestic Landscape at MoMA, 1972
Would a work—a painting, a building, a chair or a display—always operate within the framework of human intention? To bring thinking into the future, there is a need for future-focused methodologies. In this paper I will re-work the past by addressing the agency beyond human intention. By using the 1972 MoMA exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” as the empirical case, the paper will show how not only humans conceptualize reality, but things themselves have the capacity to display the future.