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“Within 50 to 100 years, a new class of organisms is likely to emerge, these organisms will be artificial in the sense that they will originally be designed by man." -Doyne Farmer, Alleta Berlin, 1992. The truth to artificial assemblages will lie in whether or not we, as creators, will be able to evolve faster than our new counter parts, or will we succumb to the emerging unknown necessities of an evolving new species. My sculptures contemplate this curiosity. I use figurative forms that reflect human empathy to create hyper reality. My work embodies themes of physical and ethereal prowess in society's approach to ponder the definitive cultural phenomena of habitual self-improvement. The desire to simplify our lives distances us from the organic and creates landfills that will surpass our own immortality. My humanistic synthetic forms explore both positive and negative future outcomes of cultural technological experiments. My pseudo flesh creates a tangible avenue to question the moral and scientific debate by evoking the genial portrayal of youth. I expose the manipulation of the tenacious desires to connect with comforting images in the pursuance of bioethical naturalism that is synthetically packaged. Unsettling the viewer with a familiar mirrored image of humanity, but further distorting the perception at second glance by revealing another truth as a hybrid with artificial enhancements. By revealing the synthetic, we realize how synthetic we have become and are forced to face a future where the synthetic and organic will not be easily rationalized or defined. |
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