Photo by Stefanie Schwartz
Exhibition by Artists Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg
Fuses Art with the Science of Tree-Ring Dating
and Artificial Intelligence.
Part of Getty’s Region-Wide Initiative PST ART:
Art and Science Collide
"Artists Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain harness the beauty and power of trees through tree-ring sculptures — two of which are inscribed with milestones in L.A. history. Visitors can also pay homage to the special trees in their lives by submitting information online, which will be turned into tributes by the artists using AI."
October 17, 2024 – March 2, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA—The Skirball Cultural Center presents Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time & Technology, an evocative exhibit from artists Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg who draw inspiration from dendrochronology (the science of tree-ring dating), Artificial Intelligence, and ancient Jewish texts and traditions to re-examine human narratives and their relationship to nature. The exhibition features six tree-ring sculptures that reimagine our past and collective futures in new ways, a video portrait of Los Angeles that draws from open-source ecology datasets, and an invitation for visitors to create personal tree tributes using AI software. As part of Getty’s landmark regional initiative PST ART: Art and Science Collide, which explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present, the exhibition will be on view from October 17, 2024 to March 2, 2025.
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Reclaimed redwood sculpture
Einstein described mathematics as “the poetry of logical ideas.” This wordless timeline traces a visual history of science, contrasting the abstraction of math symbols with the materiality of a fallen redwood tree.
Opens at Skirball Cultural Center October 17, 2024
Runs October 17, 2024 to March 2nd, 2025