
Doug Aitken, SONG 1, 2012/2015
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, 99¢ dreams, 2008
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, migration (empire), 2008
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, migration (empire), 2008
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, Sonic Fountain II, 2013/2015
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, diamond sea, 1997
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, electric earth, 1999
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, Black MIrror, 2011
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, these restless minds, 1998
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, twilight, 2014
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

from left to right: Acid Modernism, 2012, Documentation video; Sonic Pavilion, 2009, Documentation video; lighthouse, 2012, Video documentation
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, landscape signs (sign happening), 2014, Documentation video
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White

Doug Aitken, new shelter II, 2001-2016
Installation view of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Joshua White