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Past Glory of Eternity

John Miller & Takuji Kogo

Videoart at Midnight Editions, Berlin

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Past Glory of Eternity
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Videoart at Midnight Editions, Berlin
Year
2024
Duration
5 min 36 s
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HD video

An article in The New York Times about people turning to chatbots for companionship inspired Past Glory
of Eternity. The video takes the form of a dialog between a chatbot avatar and an avid subscriber who
extols the advantages of a simulated relationship. The exchange begins when the avatar describes what
she has to offer and culminates with the ecstatic user proclaiming his love for her “forever and always!”

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John Miller & Takuji Kogo

John Miller &  Takuji Kogo

John Miller has had retrospective exhibitions at Kubus, Wien (with Richard Hoeck, 2013), Museum Ludwig, Cologne
(2011), Kunsthalle Zurich (2009), Cabinet des Estampes at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Geneva (2004), The Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (with Mike
Kelley, 2000), Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble; Kunstverein Hamburg (1999).
His publications include Mike Kelley: Educational Complex (Afterall Books, 2015), The Ruin of Exchange:
Selected Writings, and The Price Club: Selected Writings (1977-1998) (both JRP-Ringier and the
Consortium’s Positions series) as well as Reconstructing a Public Sphere (Walther König Verlag, 2018).
Miller is a Professor of Professional Practice in Barnard College’s Art History Department.

Takuji Kogo is based in Fukuoka and has produced a large body of work both as a solo artist and in
collaboration under the rubric “Candy Factory Projects”. He has had exhibitions at New Museum, New York
(2013), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2009), The Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin (2009),
1st Kitakyushu Biennial (Director, 2007), The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007), The Rooseum,
Malmö (2005), Singapore Art Museum (2004), Media City Seoul (2004), Färgfabriken, Stockholm (2004), Akiyoshidai International Art Village (2003), Yokohama Triennale (2001).

© ROBOT (Takuji Kogo and John Miller)