{"uid":"gHyPoZrp8Ul5C0Op","type":"artist","tags":["sculpture","instalation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"The Great Filter","summary":"The Great Filter is a work about mortality and impermanence. To illustrate this grand theme, I aim to create a model of a city in the process of decaying, constructed out thousands of \u201cstructures\u201d moulded in sand. The collapsing forms are reminiscent of houses being reclaimed by the desert. The work has a striking fragility, yet also a sense of eternity that makes it strangely compelling. \n\nInspired by the work of research centre\u2019s such as Future of Humanity Institute (Oxford University) I have devoted my attention to existential threats and global catastrophic risk. These topics may at first seem to belong in the field of science fiction, but revile themselves to be of utmost relevance in our contemporary world. The risks caused by pandemics in the 21 century is certainly something everyone can relate to.\n\nI have borrowed the term The Great Filter from the economist and philosopher Robin Hanson, who describes the limits of a society\u2019s evolution as the existence of \u2018the great filter\u2019. Hanson described the probability \u2013 or improbability \u2013 of the development of intelligent life as a curve with a natural end. Is the evolution of intelligent life infinite? Why have more traces of life in the universe not been found? This is a paradox in which intelligent life can be seen to cause its own destruction. If we turn our inability to reach a collective, global consensus on a sustainable future, everything would seem to point that way.","space":"Having previously exhibited a version (The Great Filter, Kunstmuseum Brandts 2019-2020)  of this site-specific work I have a clear vision of how best to present it. The exhibition space requires natural light, possibly from above. Optimally this is the only source of light. One large space, with no intruding walls. The desirable minimal dimensions of the work is 10 x 20 meters, and would need to be accessed from all sides. Floors need to be solid as the weight is considerable.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":"greatfilter","video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2078127\/review\/425320635\/eece847564","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":10,"names":"Adam","surname":"Jeppesen","email":"adam@adamjeppesen.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"210788057","address":"Thorsvej 28","city":"Holbaek","nacionality":"Danish","country_id":"64","birthdate":"1978-09-06T03:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1978-09-06T03:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+5491166568227","web":"www.adamjeppesen.com"}