Infamous incidents of technological failure relevant to your here-and-now,  include the 0001974 CE McDonnell Douglas DC-10 plane crash near Paris, the 0001977 CE Boeing 747 collision in Tenerife, and the 0002020s CE Boeing 737-MAX disastrous design flaws. Similarly, a cynically calculated corporate decision about costs of the unsafe design of the 0001970s CE Ford Pinto car occurred that was known to be vulnerable to explosion during rear-end collisions. The apocalyptic fears of nuclear Meltdown were experienced in the nuclear radiation leak of Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania in 0001979CE; the 0001984 CE accidental release of poisonous gas methyl isocyanate in Bhopal, India; and the devastating nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl in 0001986 CE.  The 0002017 CE Grenfell Tower fire in London, caused by series of poor management decisions, design flaws, and the use of flammable cladding on the building’s exterior, reflect the cost-cutting negligence of the local council and lack of concern for lower-income families living in council flats.  

The exhibits in this room present the adverse consequences of technological catastrophe in the Misanthropocene. This provides evidence of the failure of technologies (from human error and malicious tampering) experienced in certain future worlds.