Josh Kline in “Human Nature”

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Populating the galleries of the Whitney Museum of American Art with 3D printed sculptures of office workers wrapped in plastic and neon-orange temporary housing tents filled with emergency supplies, artist Josh Kline offers prophetic warnings of our possible future. This documentary short captures the artist as he investigates the rapid technological advancement, impending climate disaster, and worsening labor conditions that characterize the twenty-first century, highlighting the urgent need for change. “My work, it’s a form of speculation about where we might go–as individuals, as a society, as a species,” says Kline. “At the core of it is a series of questions: Is this the future that we want to live in? If not, what kind of future do we wanna live in?”