{"product_id":"upgrade-available-9781733688925","title":"Upgrade Available","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnological evolution and obsolescence on Earth and in outer space, in a new project by artist Julia Christensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume documents an ongoing investigation by artist Julia Christensen (born 1976) into how our relentless \"upgrade culture\"--the perceived notion that we need to constantly upgrade our electronics to remain relevant--fundamentally impacts our experience of time. In a personal narrative interspersed with related interdisciplinary artwork and conversations with experts from different fields (other artists, archivists, academics), Christensen takes readers along a path from the international \"e-waste\" industry to institutional archives, eventually leading her to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt JPL, Christensen began a dialog with a group of exo-planetary scientists, engineers and machine learning experts to develop long-lived space mission concepts that include an update of the Voyager spacecrafts' 1977 \"Golden Record,\" to be embedded on a hypothetical future interstellar spacecraft. She and the scientists are designing an artwork generated by an extraterrestrial system that tells a distinctly new story of life on Earth. In taking on this challenge, Christensen--a female pioneer redefining the intersection of art, technology, and outer space--must envision an artwork for an evolving, autonomously-upgrading spaceship headed toward a potentially habitable planet in another star system. Her years-long investigation into upgrade culture leads to design concepts that potentially transcend technological obsolescence altogether.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dancing Foxes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50370259124498,"sku":"9781733688925","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39be7c58-4826-481d-91ba-97f2a4387a2e.jpg?v=1728529805","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/upgrade-available-9781733688925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}