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I see
my artwork as a kind of documentation of the technoMetamorphosis.
From
1994 to 2002 my sculpture and image work give way to academic study.
Much of this came under the heading Philosophy of Mind, which
included investigations into Comparative Religion, Artificial
Intelligence and the nature of human existence. From these
seemingly diverse disciplines an interest in what I call, the
technoMetamorphosis of humanity, has evolved. A terrifying and
exhilarating process.
Spinal problems no longer allow the creation of sculpture of any
size, so my new work consists of digital images – some are created
entirely with the computer, others a manipulation of my original
photographs and sculptures using various computer programs and
techniques. These explore my concerns about our cyborg, transhuman
and posthuman future. Human beings are balancing on the edge of a
truly new abyss. Through genetic, chemical and computer
engineering, we have to decide what we will become.
Andre Breton was correct, there will come a time, when “dream” and
“apparent reality” will resolve into an absolute reality ..... a
Surreality. Perhaps absolute reality is that instant in the
psychotherapeutic process of living where conscious and nonconscious
collide?
I hope my new work evokes a sense of the “surreality” of our
fledgling technoMetamorphosis.
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