Future Ages Will Wonder
FACT, Liverpool
28 Oct 20201 - 20 Feb 2022

Stills from: Dust to Data, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 2021

8 Oct 20201 - 20 Feb 2022

This Autumn, FACT opens a major new exhibition of works by nine UK and international artists. Future Ages Will Wonder presents an “alternative museum” of artworks that use science and technology to question our past and offer new ways of understanding who we are and where we belong.

The artworks on display bring together traditional mediums such as textiles, sculpture, and photography with virtual reality, computer algorithms and synthetic DNA. Through this wide range of materials and art-making, the exhibition refocuses where we place attention and what we value: reimagining stories about our past, present and future. Turning attention to alternative histories, the political and ethical issues found in archaeology, botany, genetics and the use of technology in our daily lives, visitors are invited to behold and ‘wonder’ at the advancement of science and technology.

Future Ages Will Wonder premiers three new commissions by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy (UK), Yarli Allison (Canada/Hong Kong), Breakwater (South Korea/UK), a new work by Boedi Widjaja (Singapore/Indonesia) alongside works by Ai Hasegawa and Miku Aoki (Japan), and Trisha Baga (USA). The exhibition is curated by Annie Jael Kwan, an independent curator, researcher and educator, who has collaborated with FACT over the last year to develop the show.

FACT, Liverpool
Free Entry
Open Wed - Sun from 11:00 - 18:00

ACT is funded by Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council. This exhibition is supported by Artsformation, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Artsformation is a research project exploring the intersection between arts, society and technology.