art, lately

Tracking Happiness, a solo show by Romanian artist Mircea Cantor is on at Kunsthaus Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland) until November 8, 2009.

A young Conceptual artist influenced by Duchamp, Mircea Cantor challenges  the way we routinely see things through subtle, almost imperceptible gestures. He employs photography, video, or art installation to create a fluid, ever-changing reality that evades categorization. 

In this instance, Cantor addresses the traces left and deleted of a society whose history is recorded by computer communication and systems of surveillance. With scarcely any written records, and a higher risk of systems crashing down, of information being deleted, will there be anything left to remind future generations of the the way we lived? 

To get a sense of the exhibition, watch the video. I just did and now I really wish I could fly to Zurich!