https://vimeo.com/118047901
John Gerrard
Farm (Pryor Creek, Oklahoma), 2015
Simulation
dimensions variable
edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP
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Further images
In early 2014, following his denial of access by Google Inc, John Gerrard hired a helicopter and produced a detailed photographic survey of one the key physical sites of the...
In early 2014, following his denial of access by Google Inc, John Gerrard hired a helicopter and produced a detailed photographic survey of one the key physical sites of the internet - a Google data server building in Oklahoma, also known as a ‘data farm’. This survey was the starting point of his new work entitled Farm (Pryor Creek, Oklahoma), 2015. It features a simulated ‘twin’ of the squat building flanked by diesel generators and powerful cooling towers. The work extends Gerrard’s ‘Grow Finish Unit’ series, which focuses on architecturally similar, computer-controlled park production units in the Midwestern USA.
Video excerpt:
https://vimeo.com/183496110
Video excerpt:
https://vimeo.com/183496110
Provenance
the artist
Exhibitions
The Value of Freedom, Österreichische Galerie Belevedere, Vienna, Austria, 19 September 2018 - 10 February 2019I Want! I Want! - Art and Technology, Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham, England, 1 April - 1 October 2017
John Gerrard: Farm, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 06 February - 21 March 2015