Fragments of a Present Adrift

Opening: Saturday, August 16th In 1932, Aldous Huxley published Brave New World, a fictional novel imagining a dystopia where every person accepts their place in a high-technology caste society where emotions are regulated through drugs. To achieve this “brave new world,” family, cultural diversity, art, literature, religion, philosophy, and love are all eliminated. Ironically and brutally, Huxley constructs a horizon opposed to utopia, anticipating other representations of undesirable futures such as George Orwell’s 1984, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and, more recently, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Dehumanization, tyrannical governments, environmental disasters, and ruthless wars unfold in these fictional accounts that, curiously, now seem less distant to us. These imaginaries have permeated everyday life, placing us in the paradox of having to defend principles and values that until recently seemed unquestionable. In this context, art becomes a reservoir—sometimes to denounce, other times to reimagine. Faced with dismay, art persists in asking about utopia: how can we sustain the desire for a world yet to come?

Km: 52

Venue: Centro de Arte de la Universidad de La Plata

Address : Calle 48 Nº 575 entre 6 y 7

City : La Plata

Argentina

Artist(s):

José Luis Miralles (ARG) ,

Tina Willgren (SWE) ,

Florencia Levy (ARG) ,

Alejandro Argüelles (ARG) ,

Tansy Xiao (CHN) ,

Facundo Belén (ARG) ,

Marcelo Burgos (ARG-ESP) ,

Eva Cafiero (ARG) ,

Yaya Firpo (ARG) ,

Mariano Giraud (ARG) ,

Indira Montoya (ARG) ,

Andrés Pasinovich (ARG)

Curatorship:

BIENALSUR, Florencia Battiti (ARG) BIENALSUR, Fernando Farina (ARG)

Type(s):

Exhibition

From 2025/08/16

To 2025/11/08