TULLY ARNOT, JOSH HARLE, JASON PHU, BRENTON ALEXANDER SMITH, JASON WING & LOUISE ZHANG.
’HUMAN JERKY: MEATBAGS THROUGH THE EYES OF TECHNOLOGY’
CURATED BY JOSH HARLE
15 AUGUST – 22 SEPTEMBER, 2018
Louise Zhang, Feed you pink #1, polyurethane, resin, spray paint, acrylic paint, foam clay, 49 x 46 x 43cm, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Emerging technologies such as robotics move beyond abstract interaction and into direct engagement with the physical world. With them comes an explosion of domain-specific models to understand and negotiate the human body. From surgical robot models, crash test dummies, and sex robots, to automated battlefield drones and the ethics algorithms of self-driving cars, these technologies are fundamentally carnal – tasked with managing the needs, desires, values, threats, and vulnerabilities of human flesh. Their internal aesthetics are alien, frightening, and monstrous.
Tully Arnot, Lonely Sculpture, cast silicone, Arduino nano, servo motor, electronics, phone, Tinder app, Tinder profiles, 20 x 5 x 5cm (approx.), 2014. Photography by Zan Wimberley.
Jason Phu, in the future this is how we will pray, and we won't recognise ourselves. in the future we are the sun, and mars will cry crystals tears of ice for us, mixed media installation, dimensions variable, 2018. Photography by Zan Wimberley.
Brenton Alexander Smith, In this together, engine control unit, wiring looms, collapsible steering, column housing, intake plenum, windscreen wiper, plastic, LCD screen, media player, motorcycle stand, dimensions variable, 2018, Photography by Zan Wimberley.
Human jerky: meatbags through the eyes of technology, installation view, 2018. Photography by Zan Wimberley.