Perry Chen: Y2K+15. New Museum, New York. December 12, 2014. Event listing
“Fifteen years after the turn of the millennium, artist Perry Chen invites audiences to join him in exploring the phenomenon and legacy of Y2K as an inquiry into our entanglement with technology and its rapidly increasing complexity.”
"Through television footage and books produced in the run-up to Y2K, Chen will illuminate the cultural backdrop of the anticipated crisis, surfacing our collective anxieties in the face of this vast uncertainty. Key players, including David Eddy, who coined the term “Y2K,” Margaret Anderson, formerly of the Center for Y2K and Society, and Shaunti Feldhahn, author of Y2K: The Millennium Bug—A Balanced Christian Response, will convene this evening to share their firsthand accounts of the time, offering a deeper investigation into the preparations for, climate around, and legacy of Y2K and complicating the prevailing narrative that Y2K was a 'non-event.'"
16 min single-channel video “Computers in Crisis”.
Selections from Y2K+15 discussion with Margaret Anderson (center), David Eddy (left), and Shaunti Feldhahn (right).
Full-length Y2K+15 event recording with introduction by curator and director of Rhizome, Michael Conner, 16 min single-channel video “Computers in Crisis”, and full discussion with Margaret Anderson, David Eddy, and Shaunti Feldhahn.
Exhibition of the Y2K Book archive, New Museum, New York.
