"Fairy Tales for Computers" is a selection of stories, statements, and prophecies.... The book contains "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster; "The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma" from Amerika by Franz Kafka; "Notes On A Dream" from the early diaries of Theodor Herzl; "The Book of the Machines" from Erewhon by Samuel Butler; passages entitled "On Intelligence" from the essays of Paul Valéry; and "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen.
...
[details]
"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format.
...
[details]