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20 The title of the piece comes from a series of works developed from my large installation, The Green Cyberweb . This particular artwork was generated in response to the biopunk movement, the open source initiative in biotechnology. In the center of the artwork there is an organic mechanized mnemonic device that powers and interacts with several components. My creative process started with the idea of an organic computer; a pulsating membrane that suggests memory can take a visual shape and become a device for new forms of inorganic intelligence. The forms are a visual interpretation of possible future technologies, with focus on changing the esthetic experience from cyber and bio forms. My intention is to create a dialogue about the interaction between people and new technologies, about socio-political issues raised through these dynamic developments. Most of my work consists of installations that create the experience of being emerged in the artwork, surrounded by it, with the extra visual over-stimulation provided by the medium of light and mass- produced objects. At the same time I am attempting to contain the viewer’s experience within the physical reality of consumer electronics and the aesthetic of mass-produced materials. I believe in the fabrication of concepts as well as materials and in the processes to bring new interpretation to cultural norms. The changing meaning of nature through the promising optimism of innovation and technological progress is a source of inspiration for my art. The formal aspect of my work is subversive to the actual message; the transformation of inorganic material into visual organic forms participates aesthetically in the antithetic perception of the real vs. articial, where real is naturally occurring and articial requires human intervention. ADELA ANDEA
21 Biopunk Mnemonics, 2012 CCF Lights, Plexiglas, LED Computer fans, Power supply 34” x 34” x 34” Courtesy the artist and Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX.
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