an Australian artist born 1974.
"Brain coral focuses on the incredible complexity of the human brain and the idea that technology is driven by the human sense of enquiry. In our technologically advanced age, focusing on the pencil as a form of technology might seem rather backward. But the notion of the pencil and its purpose – to communicate, to work out solutions, and to create – are essential to the general drive of technology. Most of the magic of technology is in our thinking. The poetry of technology is in our minds before it is in the world. We just have to keep coming up with new ways to extend these thoughts into the physical world and keep evolving our environment." - Lionel Bawden
Through his work "Brain coral" Bawden links the natural process of thought with the seemingly unnaturality of technology. The work is made up of a series of coloured pencils glued together and sanded down into the coral shape. Bawden states that the importance of pencils as a medium lies in the use of the pencil as a technology to create solutions to natures 'problems' or limitations.
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All that's over now.
First and foremost, whatever you may think, you are machines. Biological robots, operated by electrical firings and chemical spasms. We can steer you like cars.
You came here to learn the truth about things.
Things are simple: You forgot you were part of a machine. Because of your forgetfulness the machine is inefficient.
You, in your chaotic state, may experience our efforts in value-laden terms; feelings of degredation, shame and humiliation are common. Those states are simply the reaction of a damaged subjective unit returning to the objective reality of the machine.
"Individuality" is the name you give your sickness. Your deviation from correct functioning. Understand this: We have come to free you from chaos and uncertainty. And "individuality."
There are no monsters here. There are no demons. Your search for meaning is part of your pathology. Your questions are meaningless. There are no questions here. What is, is. Nothing is open to interpretation. Your search for God is over.
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