Ben Schumacher
DS+R & The Bar at The Orangerie
22 Feb – 30 Mar 2013
Bortolami

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Ben Schumacher, D S + R and the bar at the Orangerie, Installation view, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, 2013

The title refers to the architecture of modern modes of information transmission, comparing the contemporary use of data centers as storage to the cultivation of foreign plants year-round in orangeries. The greenhouse acts as a chassis for the preservation of botany that could otherwise not be sustained locally, rendering fruit available regardless of season or location, just as the internet provides immediate global information, available at the same time everywhere.

Works

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Chassis for Preservation

Chassis for Preservation, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Yet to be titled

Yet to be titled, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Maxwell’s Demon Returning a Gift in Much Degraded Form

Maxwell’s Demon Returning a Gift in Much Degraded Form, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled *…the More the Desert of the World Expands Around Him

*…the More the Desert of the World Expands Around Him, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Replicating the Giant lily’s Warm Swampy Habitat with Coal-fired Boilers for Heating

Replicating the Giant lily’s Warm Swampy Habitat with Coal-fired Boilers for Heating, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled One Calorie as Good as Another/Epoch Defining Broadcast (green)

One Calorie as Good as Another/Epoch Defining Broadcast (green), 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled K log 2, Separating Wheat from Chaff #1

K log 2, Separating Wheat from Chaff #1, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Long Lines 33

Long Lines 33, 1989

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Long Lines

Long Lines, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled *Market Trends and the Orangerie/ Portfolio Detail #1

*Market Trends and the Orangerie/ Portfolio Detail #1, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled One Calorie as Good as Another/Epoch Defining Broadcast (brown collapsed)

One Calorie as Good as Another/Epoch Defining Broadcast (brown collapsed), 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A Seasonal Hunt for Morels

A Seasonal Hunt for Morels, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Portfolio #3

The Portfolio #3, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Intern as Phantom Limb

The Intern as Phantom Limb, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled *Market Trends and the Orangerie /Portfolio Detail #2

*Market Trends and the Orangerie /Portfolio Detail #2, 1966

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Portfolio #2

The Portfolio #2, 1974

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Portfolio #1

The Portfolio #1, 2013

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Portfolio #5

The Portfolio #5, 1983

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Portfolio #4

The Portfolio #4, 2013