Massive Change
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Massive Change is an exhibition and book by designer Bruce Mau
and the Institute without Boundaries.
and sponsored by Altria, looks at how design can be used as a methodology to address the problems inherent to our social, economic and political systems. The exhibit looks at the implementation of new ideas and technologies to address issues like environmental sustainability and poverty.
for three months from October 2, 2004 to January 3, 2005. From there, the exhibit went to the Art Gallery of Ontario
in Toronto for three months from March 11 to May 29, 2005. The exhibit was on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art
in Chicago from September 16, 2005 to December 31, 2006.
Bruce Mau
Bruce Mau is a Canadian designer. Mau is the creative director of Bruce Mau Design, and the founder of the Institute without Boundaries.-Life and career:...
and the Institute without Boundaries.
Purpose
The exhibition, which was commissioned by the Vancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia...
and sponsored by Altria, looks at how design can be used as a methodology to address the problems inherent to our social, economic and political systems. The exhibit looks at the implementation of new ideas and technologies to address issues like environmental sustainability and poverty.
Installations
The exhibit was divided into eleven multimedia installations based on the following themes: urban, information, transportation, energy, images, markets, materials, manufacturing, military, health, wealth and politics. The displays included a genetically-modified featherless chicken bred for tropical regions and a room made of garbage including discarded VHS tapes, computer keyboards, and dolls. The exhibit was on display at the Vancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia...
for three months from October 2, 2004 to January 3, 2005. From there, the exhibit went to the Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Under the direction of its CEO Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO embarked on a $254 million redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg...
in Toronto for three months from March 11 to May 29, 2005. The exhibit was on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues...
in Chicago from September 16, 2005 to December 31, 2006.
Other venues
The exhibition has also spawned a book written by the curator Bruce Mau, with Jennifer Leonard and the Institute without Boundaries, and a weekly electronic newsletter, and radio broadcast.External links
- Massive Change BMD's Massive Change Project.
- Massive Change Weekly
- Massive Change In Action The Massive Change educational project.
- Review of Massive Change by Kathleen McLean
- Review of Massive Change by Frog Style Biscuit
- Massive Change (2004) ISBN 0-7148-4401-2