Futurefarmers: A Soil Procession

Fall ’22 Exhibition: FUTUREFARMERS: A SOIL PROCESSION March 21 - May 6

Stan State Art Space is excited to invite you to the Spring 2022 Exhibition, Futurefarmers: A Soil Procession, with the Futurefarmers collective.

Reception: April 7, 6-7:30 p.m.

Artist Talk: April 7, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

• 45 minutes for the artist talk and 15 for live Q&A.

Artist Bio

Futurefarmers is a group of diverse practitioners aligned through an interest in making work that is relevant to the time and place surrounding us. Founded in 1995, the design studio serves as a platform to support art projects, an artist in residence program and our research interests. We are artists, designers, architects, anthropologists, writers and farmers with a common interest in creating frameworks for exchange that catalyze moments of "not knowing".

While we collaborate with scientists and are interested in scientific inquiry, but we want to ask questions more openly. Through participatory projects, we create spaces and experiences where the logic of a situation disappears - encounters occur that broaden, rather than narrow perspectives, i.e. reductionist science.

We use various media to create work that has the potential to destabilize logics of "certainty". We deconstruct systems such as food policies, public transportation, campus design and rural farming networks to visualize and understand their intrinsic logics. Through this disassembly new narratives emerge that reconfigure the principles that once dominated these systems. Our work often provides a playful entry point and tools for participants to gain insight into deeper fields of inquiry- not only to imagine, but to participate in and initiate change in the places we live.

Futurefarmers work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim, MAXXI in Rome, Italy, Sharjah Biennale, Taipei Biennale, Henie Onstad Museum, Oslo, New York Hall of Sciences and the Walker Art Center.

By registering for this event, you agree to adhere to the Stan State Campus Event Protocols. Failure to comply will result in loss of entry.