The exhibition, titled "Smarter Today," closes December 4th and I really recommend seeing it before it's done. The accompanying statement describes the work as futuristic landscapes- which brings to mind the very different work of the Kanye-endorsed Alex McLeod. What stood out, were the ideas of collage/compilation/absorption/assemblage. The statement continues: The subjects and characters of Smarter Today are reflections on the syncretism that created them. Their exterior identities have been extricated to include all of their precursors. They are heterogeneous and intermingled with their environments, yet maintain their subjectivity in the face of a post-structuralist world.I like anything that reminds me of Bladerunner and conjures notions of futurism, but Fischer's work isn't so much a sci-fi version a la Jetsons, but rather a beautiful, albeit despairing, rendering that is less dependent on technology-like, graphic details and in favour of something more subdued.
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