Cognitive roadmap

1950-1959

1952
3rd March 1952

3rd March 1952

The insane asylum: take a trip into the origins of the postmodern athenaeum.

1958
24th March 1958

24th March 1958

Twilight: the return of the repressed. Cometh the lifeblood.

1960-1969

1960
August 9th 1960

August 9th 1960

Material chaos: the allure of technology was initially centred around improving efficiency for the consumer. Then it did not.

1970-1979

1974
31st July 1974

31st July 1974

1974: film reel recovered and digitised, documenting the final hours of the Russian town Obninsk Kaluga Oblast.

1980-1989

1982
Feb 16th 1982

Feb 16th 1982

The road to nowhere: what happens when you get lost in a past that looks exactly like the future?

1984
Sinewave 84

Sinewave 84

The Sinewave 84 personal computer: home computing revolutionised.

1990-1999

1995
June 1st 1995

June 1st 1995

Entropy: Cornwall, summer 1995. Sea, sun – and outdoor raves. The recreational drugs taken were pretty strong.

1997
November 10th 1997

November 10th 1997

The point of Burningn’n Tree: this is what happens when you move across the galaxy at breakneck speed.

1999
August 6th 1999

August 6th 1999

Global Underground 013: live Ibiza club visuals recovered from a ZIP drive during a memorable, renowned DJ set.

2000-2009

2001
10th November 2001

10th November 2001

Ennui: when nature becomes industrialised, what becomes of it?

25th June 2001

25th June 2001

The code-free zone: just don’t talk about it.

2006
16th October 2006

16th October 2006

The planetarium: a theatre built primarily for presenting astronomy, or for training in celestial navigation.

2010-2019

2017
January 8th 2017

January 8th 2017

In Mirrors: via the reflections of our recent past, a moment of quiet contemplation reveals the real forms that our present moments inhabit.

2019
April 28th 2019

April 28th 2019

Feeling the summer breeze run through her hair, the magical 1960s spirit of California dreaming lives on in Ada. And that’s despite it being well past its expiry date.

2020-2029

2021
January 29th 2021

January 29th 2021

What is Video Alchemy? The organic kind, that is.

29th March 2021

29th March 2021

What is Video Alchemy? The digital kind, that is.

2030-2099

2082
December 31st 1982-2082

December 31st 1982-2082

Archaelogies of the future: imprisoned within a perpetual present.