Dissident Futures

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco

Curated by Betti-Sue Hertz
October 18, 2013 - February 2, 2014

Artists: Neïl Beloufa, Hemon Chong and Anthony Marcellini, Peter Coffin, Revital Cohen and Tour Van Balen, Brody Condon, Future Cities Lab, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shane Hope, David Huffman, Paul Laffoley, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Basim Magdy, Dan Mills, The Otolith Group, Trevor Paglin, Katie Paterson, Kamau Amu Patton, Connie Samaras, Cauleen Smith

Dissident Futures is an investigation into possible alternative futures, particularly those that question or overturn conventional notions of innovation in biological, social, environmental, and technological structures. Either through active engagement with future studies or through intuitive investigation, the artists and designers in Dissident Futures envision a future that expands beyond our conventional expectations.