The “Machines… and Ideas to Postpone the End of the World” exhibition will be on view Oct. 9 –Nov. 1 in Gallery 181, located on the first floor of the College of Design building on the west side of the Iowa State Campus. Organized by Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia, associate professors of architecture and Design for Critical Futures Faculty Fellows, the show examines Brazilian philosopher and Indigenous activist Aílton Krenak’s book Ideas to Postpone the End of the World. The publication questions why humans have insisted on belonging to what he refers to as the excluding Humanity Club—of modernization, westernization, universalization, pauperization, and destruction—which, most of the time, just limits our capacity for invention, creation, existence, and liberty. The exhibition will feature video, prints, textiles, sculptures and more.

Participating artists include:
Dan Roche
Andrew Santa Lucia
Lane Rick
Jerome Haferd
Laura Gadson
Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
Nora Akawi
Eduardo Rega Calvo
Daniel Ruiz
Rami Nakhleh
Christopher Rey Perez
Rose Florian
Luis Othoniel Rosa
Holly Craig
Ophelia S. Chan
Hilary Weise
Coco Allred
Ema Yuizarix
Traumnovelle

Participating Iowa State faculty include:
Nathalie Frankowski
Cruz Garcia
Ritwik Banerji, assistant professor of anthropology
Evan Hume, assistant professor of art and visual culture
Johnny DiBlasi, assistant professor of art and visual culture
Peter Zuroweste, associate professor of practice of architecture