Concept: Technophemera highlights the speed of technology’s evolution. With new digital devices produced every minute, technology both reinvents itself and renders obsolete at an exponential rate.

Installation: The installation will be an archaeological site filled with dated computer equipment appearing as a graveyard of old hardware. The technology will be cast in concrete and burrowed in sand suggesting a fossilization process. In adding to the effect are dig site tools such as shovels, brushes, magnifying glasses and caution tape.

Location: Technophemera will be installed on the campus of LIU Post (720 Northern Blvd , Brookville, NY 11548) in the Fall of 2014 and coincide with “Concrete To Data” a public exhibition at Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood.

Anticipated Exhibition Period: (September 2014- April 2015)

Aproximate Size: 12ft wide x 12ft long x 8ft deep.

Student collaboration: Technophemera will be created in collaboration with LIU Post undergraduate students studying visual art and archaeology. Our goal is to expose the students to the process and challenges of creating site-specific installation art. We plan to incorporate student input into the realization of the project.

Process: “Technophemera” will involve traditional casting and moldmaking techniques including creation of rubber molds and pouring of liquid concrete. It is envisioned that functional excavation equipment found on archeological dig sites will be incorporated into the project in order to produce the feel of authenticity.

Time Capsule: We plan to bury Technophemera under the ground in hopes that it stand as a time capsule preserving the look and feel of technology hardware as it appeared at the turn of the 20th Century.

Rewards: Below is a selection of the rewards offered for your support of Technophemera. We have everything from sculpture to painting and casts of tech hardware to be used in the installation. Some items are limited in amount and will be awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis so get them while you can!

Artist Profile: Ryan Seslow is a visual artist, independent curator, graphic designer, and professor of fine art living and working in New York. Working in a variety of mediums Seslow shows his work regularly nationally and internationally. He teaches various fine art graduate and undergraduate level studio courses simultaneously between four colleges in the metropolitan NY area. He is the creator and curator of Concrete to Data, a survey of transcending styles and techniques emerging out of the street art and graffiti movements. The exhibition will launch in January of 2015 at the Steinberg Museum of Art in Long Island, NY. More at http://ryanseslow.com

Artist Profile: Leon Reid IV is a public artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has successfully completed two Kickstarter campaigns: “Tourist-In-Chief” 2011, and “The Hundred Story House” 2012. His work was featured in Kickstarter’s innagural art show. Listed as one of the “60 Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future” by publisher Thames & Hudson, Reid is known for his humerous public interventions installed throughout the United States, South America and Europe. More at www.leonthe4th.com

Press:

The Street Spot: interview with Leon Reid IV and Ryan Seslow

The Worlds Best Ever: interview with Leon Reid IV

Thanks So Far: Leon and Ryan would like to thank those who have been instrumental in helping the project thus far: Specifically LIU Post teachers and staff including Phyllis Sullivan, Winn Rea, McGrath Fund and many more. Thanks you.