[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Techne² was an ADM exhibition held at Kingston College, Kingston-Upon-Thames, for one week in May 2014.

“Techne” is a term, etymologically derived from the Greek word τέχνη, that is often translated as “craftsmanship”, “craft”, or “art”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1402″ img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1405″ img_link_target=”_self” alignment=”right”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”1420″ img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”700″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Installation should be the most appropriate word for ‘Not-So-Futile’ – but to install suggests that the piece was placed in the room after the exhibition space was constructed.

The piece evolved from its antecedent (‘Hyperslow’) and has grown organically ever since. Much like the fungi it was initially inspired by, it exists within its own economy. ‘Not-So-Futile’ contains its own complex interrelationships with its surroundings, which requires it to adjust and to protect itself in order to flourish and adapt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”1444″ img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”1450″ img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]© harriet baggley, 2015. All rights reserved.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]