The Berlin edition of RED EARTH, a House of Thought solo exhibition, is now closed. The exhibition "RED EARTH" examines how non-Western cultures can be more adequately represented in the increasingly digitalized, virtual world. Similar to the technological and philosophical advancements of the enlightenment period and the industrial revolution, the digital age, founded in data and code, utilizes other cultures as resources to fuel its autonomous thinking but overlooks their schools of thought. Yet the relationship between Western and non-Western cultures, as well as the relationship between the physical and the digital world, is not of full detachment but complex exchange and dependence. In this area of tension, a constant back and forth translation between the two realms takes place, and the artist Michael Salu represents this complex process. The British-born Nigerian, who grew up between two cultures, investigates the ideological overlaps, that get lost or inadequately passed on in translation. Find out more about the project in this feature in FLAT Journal (UCLA) |