View of Recycle Group's "Falling Into Virtual Reality" from Leadenhall Market
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View of Recycle Group's "Falling Into Virtual Reality" from Leadenhall Market
Image: © Robert Lamb Taken: 21 Apr 2018
Recycle Group reflects on how time will take its toll on future generations, what artefacts archaeologists will find after we are gone, and whether these artefacts will find their place within culture. As their name suggests, the duo is concerned about the rising level of material waste as a result of widespread consumerism, creating work through the use of recycled materials (in this case, plastic mesh). The artists’ installation created for Sculpture in the City features a scene of a person falling into the virtual world. The mobile gadgets act as an emphasis that technology has on the modern world and questions yet again the idea of virtual archaeology. The work is inspired by the novel, Simulacron 3 (1964). Looking south-southwest.
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