Deji Art Museum
OPENED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2024
SENIOR ADVISOR: HANS ULRICH OBRIST
TALES FROM A SYNTHETIC FUTURE
Beeple’s first-ever solo museum exhibition, Tales from a Synthetic Future, is now on view at the Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, China. This landmark exhibition, presented in collaboration with Hans Ulrich Obrist, explores the evolution of Beeple’s groundbreaking digital work and the rapidly shifting landscape of digital art.
Spanning his entire career, the exhibition features some of Beeple’s most iconic pieces—including Everydays, HUMAN ONE, and S.2122—alongside brand-new works created exclusively for the show. Designed as a fully immersive experience, Tales from a Synthetic Future examines the collision of past, present, and future within Beeple’s practice, showcasing his journey from early hand-drawn sketches to cutting-edge kinetic installations that blend digital video with sculptural elements.
For the first time, visitors can step inside a recreation of Beeple’s Charleston studio, offering an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at his creative process. The exhibition also uncovers a “digital archaeology” of Beeple’s early experiments, shedding light on the projects that shaped his distinctive artistic voice.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
- Everydays: A collection of daily digital creations that Beeple has been producing since 2007, charting his artistic evolution.
- HUMAN ONE: A kinetic sculpture combining digital video and three-dimensional form, featuring an explorer endlessly traversing shifting landscapes.
- S.2122: A dynamic sculpture meditating on climate change and our place in an imagined future, blending digital video with physical elements.
- Exponential Growth: A generative video work exploring the intersection of nature and technology, depicting a vine spiraling skyward in a constant cycle of growth, bloom, and decay.
