Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time & Technology
Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg with their sculpture,Tree of Knowledge. The artists used pyrography to burn over nearly 200 historical questions that underlie our collective pursuit of knowledge into a 10,000-pound, salvaged Eucalyptus tree section. Questions include: “Do we have free will?”, “Is there a grand unified theory of physics?”, “Can machines be truly intelligent?”, "What is the meaning of life?"
Tiffany Shlain
t@tiffanyshlain.com
Ken Goldberg
goldberg@berkeley.edu
Jan 22nd - April 11th
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, SF
1150 25th Street, San Francisco
Tuesday-Saturday 11am to 5pm
Twyla Ruby, Curator of Exhibitions & Public Programs
twyla.ruby@dirosaart.org
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Tiffany Shlain
Ken Goldberg
