Lucas Murgida's performances and interventions are generally regarded as generous, challenging, difficult to look at, and at the same time, impossible to ignore. His piece at 667 Shotwell, Muster Retrodiction, was an exploration of herd mentality and predicting the future.

The first recorded usage of the word “herd” refers to a person who controls or musters animals. Soon after “herd” also began to describe the group of animals that is being controlled. Originally, English speakers made no distinction between the group being controlled and the person that controls them.

Building on this idea in his new installation Muster Retrodiction Lucas seeks to impress three things upon the viewer:

1) They are being moved through 667 Shotwell in a particular way.

2) It is the artist that is predicting and controlling their movements.

3) Their movements have a direct physical effect upon the artist that is controlling them.

To learn more about Lucas and his work please visit: lucasmurgida.com

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