{"product_id":"ian-cheng","title":"IAN CHENG: FORKING AT PERFECTION, 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work of the American artist Ian Cheng (b. 1984) explores the nature of mutation and the capacity of humans to relate to change. Drawing on principles of video game design, improvisation, and Darwinian brutality, Cheng has developed so-called “live simulations,” living virtual ecosystems that begin with basic programmed properties, but are left to self-evolve without authorial control or end. In his first solo exhibition in Switzerland, Cheng presented two versions of the simulation\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eEmissary Forks At Perfection\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by\u003cbr\u003eHeike Munder\u003cbr\u003eRaphael Gygax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthors\u003cbr\u003eFranziska Bigger\u003cbr\u003eIan Cheng\u003cbr\u003eRaphael Gygax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnglisch\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-3-03764-471-3\u003cbr\u003eJune 2016\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, 173 x 235 mm\u003cbr\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003eImages 64 color\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by JRP|Ringier\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Studio Marie Lusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17161295659059,"sku":"","price":48.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0071\/3434\/7315\/files\/Kat_Ausst_2016_IanCheng_Page_01.jpg?v=1779101057","url":"https:\/\/shop.migrosmuseum.ch\/en\/products\/ian-cheng","provider":"Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}