Relics From The Future?

Presented as a fictional museum, Relics from the future? pieces together a backwards narrative of an army of love-fuelled insurgents who return to the past to right the wrongs of a world gone awry, leaving behind unusual weaponry and propaganda.

Presented in conjunction with Sled Island

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Relics from the future? (exhibition view), mixed media, 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Relics from the future? (detail), mixed media, 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Weapon of mass recreation, mixed fibres, 15” x 15” x 88,” 2007 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Rescue love-sled, mixed fibres, steel, 30” x 84” x 13,” 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Propaganda & found relics of the Lover’s Army, mixed media, 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Found newspaper clippings of the Lover’s Army, mixed media, 24” x 12” x 2.5,” 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Assorted weaponry of the Lover’s Army, mixed media, 18” x 18” x 18” (case dimensions), 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Uniform hats & weaponry of the Lover’s Army, mixed media, 18” x 18” x 18” (case dimensions), 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

Relics from the future? (exhibition view), mixed media, 2009 (photo: Rebecca Rowley)

The Lover’s Army propaganda film #1, video still, 2007