I read an article a while ago that described modern democracy as a 19th-century version of it, but living in a 21st century world of technology.
At first glance, this dusty desert town hardly looks like a 21st century hub of technology and innovation.
With a few exceptions, however, the more recent 21st Century titans of technology have yet to establish the durable, institution-building, community-changing philanthropies that were the true legacy of the great corporate names of the industrial age.
Anouk Wipprecht, Interactive Couture Building a reputation in the design community for her 21st century use of technology in fashion, Wipprecht's 3D printed Smoke Dress reacts to its surroundings: once a person comes too close the dress starts to "smoke", adding an extra layer of visual camouflage for the wearer.
Mr. Martin's barn is a jumble of a century of cobbled technology.
After the standard interregnum of rape and pillage, seen in flashbacks, a fragile society has emerged: agrarian and frontierlike (board sidewalks), but with a lot of modern design; seemingly at an early-20th-century level of technology, but with Oregon-style coffee huts and, judging by the characters' wardrobes, a nearby Barneys Co-op.
Along with artists like Kelley Walker (a friend with whom he often collaborates), Seth Price and Tauba Auerbach, Mr. Guyton is at the forefront of a generation that has been reconsidering both appropriation and abstract art through the 21st-century lens of technology.
This isn't just about climate -- it is about the next century of science, technologies, and political and social interactions.
Particularly pertinent, in view of the 21st century's love of technology, is the last paragraph.
