LTD. ACCESS
Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, 2004
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Barbarella and Candelabra, mixed media and found object
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Genetically Modified Robot Briefcase
Polypropylene case and glass beads
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Robot Fashion Queen, water colour, charcoal dust and ink
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Tentacle Woman
Oil paint on cutout hardboard
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Archivally Stored Fibre Optics, ink, charcoal dust and graphite on photographic paper
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Archival Code
graphite, nylon thread on plastic |
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Chromosome Woman
Oil paint on cutout hardboard |
GHOSTS OF VARIATION
Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, 2002
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| Beautifically Modified Robot (ink, graphite and charcoal dust on photographic paper) 1770mm x 1170mm |
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Inside/ Outside, cutout laminated timber
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Mutant Chromosome, cutout hardboard
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Spliced Chromosome, cutout customwood
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Broken Strand, cutout hardboard
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Small Serpent, cutout hardboard
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Large Serpent, cutout hardboard
GHOSTS OF VARIATION, 2002
The planet is earth, the date is unintelligible because the Christian calendar is dead. The trajectory of human materialism has ended with the global economy and technology emerging as the dominant forces. In the form of the Robot they now dominate the entire structure.
As human and cultural variation was diminished, in the interests of the creation of the ideal citizen- the basic working unit- the artificial intelligence of the Robot was enhanced, eventually evolving to the level of sophistication once enjoyed by people.
Struggling to achieve their own ideals of beauty, the Robots are as transfixed by organic tissue as we were by the sleek surfaces of technology. Humans identified with the machine and valued conceptualism's abstract, cerebral ideals in opposition to the complex corporeal compounds of nature. Conversely, the Robots, as products of the mind, are attracted to a more visceral aesthetic. These works are diagrams of beautifically modified Robots and their jewellery. The ghosts of our variability are encrusted in the ball gowns of these Robots.
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