Marisa Olson (B. 1977)

‘The Time Capsules series contends with the areas between modern technology’s inherent obsolescence and the seemingly boundless methods of production and distribution. In these sculptures and installations, I am concerned with what I have termed “upgrade culture” and the environmental impacts of consumers’ trashing former objects of commodity fetishism in favor of newer toys and tools. Often exhibited in site-specific assemblages resembling landfills or garbage piles, I see these objects as endangered units of time otherwise destined for burial, but instead rescued, taken out of circulation, and painted gold (“Fort Knox-style”) in reclamation of their value.’ (Marisa Olson, 2015).