24" H x 14" W x 6" D
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Ceramic, Rubber, Plaster, Concrete, PVC, Leather
A chimera is a Greek mythological hybrid creature created from various different animals. The Center for Genetics and Society states, Partially human hybrid embryos have been created by fusing human cells and animal eggs, and partially human chimeric embryos have been created by injecting human embryonic stem cells into animal embryos. Most scientists want to produce such embryos only for research, and oppose experiments that would allow human-animal chimeras to be brought to term.
The prospect of human-animal chimeras troubles many people and raises troubling questions about their moral and legal status. Would a human-animal chimera have human rights? Could it be patented and owned? What if it were 99.9% human and 0.1% chimpanzee? What of the reverse situation?" In early 2017 according to The Guardian, "Scientists have created a human-pig hybrid in a milestone study that raises the prospect of being able to grow human organs inside animals for use in transplants. It marks the first time that embryos combining two large, distantly-related species have been produced. The creation of this so-called chimera – named after the cross-species beast of Greek mythology – has been hailed as a significant first step towards generating human hearts, livers and kidneys from scratch."
I have used various materials to represent this breakthrough in this piece. It will be part of a series that re-configures the young human form with other species in an artistic way.
19" H x 9" W x 7" D
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Plaster, Coal
The theory of singularity is explored in this piece in the skull silouettes. In a society reliant on the merging of artificial intelligence how much of a service would our individual minds still have is in question?
13.5" H x 11" W x 4" D
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Plaster, Granite, Rubber
Betavoltaic cells were created as a substitute to conventional electrochemical batteries to generate a long-life, self-contained electric current in hostile environments such as the human body. The pacemaker is an example. NanoTritium beta voltaic power created by Toronto’s City Lab claims to be capable of providing energy to low power micro-electronic and sensor applications for over 20 years. My imagination takes form in this piece along with its counterpart BETAVOLTAICS II. How long can we prolong the beating of the human heart in the future?
15" x 15" x 15"
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Plaster, Plexiglass
After seeing a Picasso exhibit at MOMA I cut placed fragments of curved pieces of plaster to form a minimal, futuristic portrait of a face. This sculpture is meant to be light-hearted as it is layered in an interesting way.
16" H x 12" W x 9" D
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Plaster, Wood Frame
Obscurantism is the act of deliberately preventing facts and knowledge.
This piece is shaped as a slightly closed, rigid book that contains soft shaped peeks and valleys mixed with pointed protrusions that can be seen into, more or less, from various sides.
18" H x 18" W x 5" D
Plaster, Canvas, Acrylic
The plaster face, back of head, side of the head, elongated neck and shoulder are place on an acrylic assembled jig meant for standardized cutting.
16" W x 18" H x 7.5" D
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Plaster, Wood
The headline read, "PING PONG BALL-SIZED ROBOTS CAN SWARM TOGETHER TO FORM A SMART LIQUID"
The article described the work of Nikolaus Correll, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado:
He and his team of engineers building basic robotic building blocks that can be taught to work together. After they learn their skills, the individual robots can be modified or used for a variety of purposes. The goal is to develop a robot skill set that can be reproduced--from self-assembly and pattern recognition to shape-changing.
"Our robots aren't really designed for one particular problem," said Nicholas Farrow, a research assistant in computer science who is working on the project. "When our robots are completed, we'll be able to apply them to problems we haven't even thought of right now."
Taking that idea one step further what would a robot-made liquid look like in today's world? This relief sculpture and its companion SMARTLIQUID I have fun with that idea.
14" W x 17" H x 8" D
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Plaster, Wood
The following excerpt from Stanford research inspired me to create a piece that simulates an artificial womb and the following concept (1) a log of a person may be created by combining sufficiently detailed data about the person (a “mindful”) using future consciousness software (“mind ware”), (2) that such a conscious analog can be downloaded into a biological or nanotechnological body to provide life experiences comparable to those of a typically birthed human.
11" W x 12" H x 4" D
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Plaster, Granite, Rubber
Betavoltaic cells were created as a substitute to conventional electrochemical batteries to generate a long-life, self-contained electric current in hostile environments such as the human body. The pacemaker is an example. NanoTritium beta voltaic power created by Toronto’s City Lab claims to be capable of providing energy to low-power micro-electronic and sensor applications for over 20 years. My imagination takes form in this piece along with its counterpart BETAVOLTAICS II. How long can we prolong the beating of the human heart in the future?
27" W x 23" H x 9.5" D
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Plaster
This large piece shows the idea that nature, if freed from human dominance, would eventually flourish beautifully.
25" H x 21" W x 3" D
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Plaster, Wood
Singularity is a hypothesis that states that an all-powerful super knowledge explosion will occur at the point in time that artificial super intelligence impacts us. Through the meeting of rapid, run-away technology and artificial intelligence coming together unprecedented progress will occur in all aspects of human life.
19" H x 8" W x 11" D
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Plaster, Coal
The use of coal is significant when referencing the cycle of life and technology. This totem shows a future technology dealing with altering human XX, XY chromosomes, represented in plaster, resting on a black block of coal that was formed hundreds of millions of years ago.
13.5"W x 12"H x 6"D
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Plaster, Paper, Wood
The headline read, "PING PONG BALL-SIZED ROBOTS CAN SWARM TOGETHER TO FORM A SMART LIQUID"
The article described the work of Nikolaus Correll, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado:
He and his team of engineers building basic robotic building blocks that can be taught to work together. After they learn their skills, the individual robots can be modified or used for a variety of purposes. The goal is to develop a robot skill set that can be reproduced--from self-assembly and pattern recognition to shape-changing.
"Our robots aren't really designed for one particular problem," said Nicholas Farrow, a research assistant in computer science who is working on the project. "When our robots are completed, we'll be able to apply them to problems we haven't even thought of right now."
Taking that idea one step further what would a robot-made liquid look like in today's world? This relief sculpture and its companion SMARTLIQUID I have fun with that idea.
27" H x 7" W x 7" D
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Plaster, Coal
The use of coal is significant when referencing the cycle of life and technology. This totem represents alterations of protein structure (in plaster) that is resting on a black block of coal - formed hundreds of millions of years ago.
32" W x 27" H x 5" D
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Plaster, Ink on Paper, Wood
In this piece I wanted to depict the idea of over importance. To do this I arranged pieces of plaster in a way that creates a radiating effect, The center plaster piece, depicting a child's profile, was placed in the center of the ink drawing, coordinating with the center of the celestial image. The large plaster covered frame was constructed to subtly arch up into the image.
8" W x 19" H x 3" D
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Plaster, Rubber, Acrylic
The late 20th and early 21st century ideology that advocates the use of genetic technologies to enhance human capabilities can reach into the consumer market if readily available in the future. This piece uses a hinged flap of semi-transparent acrylic to expose or conceal the developing child underneath.
13"W x 23"H x 13"D
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Plaster
Perhaps in the distant future there will no longer be the need for a singular, defined individual, but rather one that can "become" or embody multiple identities and understand the world from multiple, perspectives. This large piece has almost perfect, but not quite, interlocking positive and negative spaces that appear to be formed from each other - one side taking on a bird-like feature.
21"H x 14"W x 6.5"D
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Plaster, Alabaster
The concept of a Post-Human world has been addressed in film, literature, art and philosophy for some time now. In the 2017 publication, Journal of Postman Studies the contributors seek to "analyze what it is to be human in an age of rapid technological, scientific, cultural and social evolution as the boundaries between human and ‘the other’, technological, biological and environmental, are eroded and perceptions of normalcy are challenged." In this sculpture the child's profile can be seen as rotating or orbiting around a hand-like form in the center.
10"H x 6"W x 5"D
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Plaster, Coal, Acrylic, Enamel
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12"H x 8.5"W x 5"D
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Plaster, Wood, Rubber
"Techno-immortality need not imply an eternity of life in a box. Broadband connectivity to audio and video, and to tactile, taste and scent enabled future websites, will make life much more enjoyable than the ‘in a box’ phrase suggests. The outputs of our fingertips, taste buds and olfactory nerves are electronic signals that can be interpreted by software in the same manner as are sound waves and light signals." - Martine Rosenblatt
19"H x 10"W x 10"D
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Plaster, Acrylic, Wood, Leather, Robber, Coal
This sculpture takes on the challenge of showing a diminishing need for an endoskeleton based on a BBC new article titled Rise of the Human Exoskeletons. The vertebrae and head resemble a floating kite coming out of two pieces of coal on the base.
28"H x 16"W x 6"D
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Plaster, Acrylic, Metal
(sold)
15"W x 11"H x 6"D
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Plaster
This piece was provoked by the article: The Future of Net-eugenics. "Now that many people approve the elimination of certain genetically defective fetuses, is society closer to screening all fetuses for all known mutations?"
From that comes the ability to create duplicates of what one would consider perfect. This is the idea represented in the mirror images coming out of the fissure.
22" W x 18" L x 6" H
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Plaster, Acrylic
What struck me while putting together this sculpture was how it resembled a horseshoe crab. With its hard armor it has survived the battles of evolution throughout time. They are considered living fossils. While this piece resembles the ancient creature it was provoked by a broadcast interview of a US military operations officer who programs drone strikes in areas 7,000 miles away. After hearing how removed the officer was from civilian causalities that often occur it brings up the question of how will wars, without the presence of soldiers in the areas of conflict, effect judgment and restraint. In this piece there are fragments of children holding hands.
41" H x 12" W x 3" D
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Plexiglass, Plaster, Pressed Silver Foil
The abstract chain-like pattern is placed on a slab machine and spliced at it's strongest point in this piece.
36" H x 24" W x 6" D
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Plaster, Plexiglass
Sex between humans and machines is commonly addressed in science fiction. As real-world technology keeps advancing, we now ponder the emerging form of the sex bot and the forms can range from a mere animate fetish to therapeutic surrogates with possible emotional attachment. This piece shows what s seemingly opposing ideas at once: the idea a factory/assembly made oblect and sensuality as seen in the curves and forms.
(This large piece was designed to rest against a wall.)
19"W x 30"H x 6'D
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Plaster, Metal
Looking for opportinity to generate capital and find resources all over the planet has advanced its destruction. This piece has five large plaster blocks placed along an axis that is exposing a gold surface.
15"W x 21"H x 6"D
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Plaster, Acrylic
The small child is a common theme in my work and is seen here paced between celestial blocks that are either constructing and forming the unborn or releasing the child. The ability to scientifically engineer future generations causes us to envision one extreme or the other, apocalyptic turmiol, or utopian enchantment.
