Technology won't save us. International Young Art from Berlin. On the Occasion of the 12th Istanbul Biennial 2011.= Teknoloji bizi kurtarmayacak. Berlin'den Uluslararasi Genç Sanat. 12. Istanbul Bienali Paralel Etkinlikleri 2011. September 15 - October 15, 2001. Curator: Uwe Goldenstein.

Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Oblong large 8vo. (20 x 21 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. Color ills. 48, [5] p. "This exhibition Technology Won't Save Us: International Young Art From Berlin, running concurrently with the 12th Istanbul Biennial, bears a title whose pessimism reflects the philosophical underpinnings of many of the works in the show. Inspired by the theories of Vilém Flusser, who in 1978 predicted a "crisis of values" in a world ruled by images rather than ideas, this exhibition consists mostly of paintings depicting a bleak, dehumanized technological world. One could instance Gábor A. Nagy's collapsing of foreground and background on his canvases - suggesting that all images are ultimately, so to speak, two-dimensional - or Adam Bota's blurring of individual and group identity in his painting of dancers in a techno club. The artists in the show are all German artists of roughly the same generation - born in the 70s or later - and their visions of the world we live in now are bracing and eye-opening".