Iron, zinc screws, wood, acrylic, latex paint, stone, iron pipes, record players, vinyl records, stereos, 2023, 350cm*180cm*185cm

While evolution is being discussed, we talk about destinations, love and death

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I have created two wooden structures that bring these two stones to life in terms of height, they seem to be elevated and connected to certain pipes and a spiral iron structure in the socket, as if the stone had been implanted by some external force, and in this way the stone has been forcibly implanted with emotions, intelligence, love, "characteristics" that humans consider to distinguish them from other creatures ".

ai technology, computer algorithms and brain-computer interfaces have all led to a constant liberation of our technological productivity by machines, and it seems that we increasingly do not need to be physically involved in real world activities. It seems that all of humanity is becoming more and more connected, that we are able to feed and disseminate data and information directly into the human brain through direct lines, and that perhaps we will eventually no longer need physical bodies, that the will of all of us spreads indiscriminately, without misunderstanding, without disputes, without interests, in a kind of utopian grand unification.

And at this moment - the two stones here are actually quite ordinary stones, they may have been together for thousands of years, they may not have the same sense of time as humans, for them it seems like a moment.

In this work, I assume that one of these two stones one day, thanks to some kind of mechanical implant, gains the ability to think like a human being, while the other one is just an ordinary stone. Over time, this intelligent stone rightfully falls in love with the other stone, possesses human emotions and tries to talk to it and show love to it, but the other stone never answers, thus creating a gulf between them that can never be bridged. On the other hand, the Cyborg stone believes that the other stone deserves to have the same intelligence and emotions as it does, and it thinks it is in love with the other, but in reality it is also a kind of Artemis narcissism. At the same time this imposition of emotion and love may seem like a divine gift, but how is it not a curse?

Will a new class divide be created between the new humans who have a monopoly on technology and the old humans who have none?

(Artemis, the god of the moon. When he saw his own reflection in the water one day, he was so enchanted by his own shadow that he did not want to leave and eventually jumped into the water to die in order to be united with his own image.

  • Title

  • While evolution is being discussed, we talk about destinations, endless love and death

  • Year

  • 2023

  • Materials

  • Iron, zinc screws, wood, acrylic, latex paint, stone, iron pipes, record players, vinyl records, stereos.

  • Dimensions

  • 350cm*180cm*185cm

  • Exhibitions

  • MA show, BG28, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK, 2023

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