PROGRAM / Digging History

Adopting the display conventions of the archaeological-site turned museum, Bob Bicknell-Knight's Digging History projects us into a future troubled by the remains of a rogue society of Spots; autonomous robot dogs currently being produced by the American company Boston Dynamics. Drawing inspiration from the company's frequent promotional mistreatment of their creations, the exhibition calls into question whether new machine technologies will result in social stratification. Featuring whole and partial remains accompanied by a range of interpretative materials, we are left to suppose and acknowledge the potential of misinterpretation.