In 1870, Heinrich Schlieman, an amateur archeologist from Germany, excavated
a hill in present-day Turkey. In his search for the remains of the Troy described in
Homer's Iliad, he dug through layer after layer of ruined cities. Each city, built upon
the remains of the last, obliterated those preceding it.

Troy Story is the information age equivalent of the archeological dig. We are
buried, bit by bit, by information—images, words, codes, scientific theories and
trends—from spoken, written, broadcast and internet sources. Every day, what
we know is obscured by the persistent, settling sediment of what we learn.

Troy Story is about the quiet surface covering thousands of years of subtle
accumulation. It is about invisible informational excess. It is consistently drip-
ping water that erodes stone. Erasure through accumulation. Addition that
subtracts. Knowledge that obliterates by rendering the learner numb.

Troy Story is about the impossibility of understanding.

Artists include Jesse Amado, Noriko Ambe, Jim Campbell, Nicole Phungrasamee
Fein, Ron Griffin, Jacob El Hanani, Marco Maggi, Stefana McClure, Liliana Porter,
Ed Ruscha, Jean Shin, Katrín Sigurdardóttir, Ken Solomon, and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Curated by EC Projects.

related article:
Hosfelt Gallery show suggests we're blinded by information
by Kenneth Baker
San Francisco Chronicle
July 10, 2004