Technophobia, 2005
Financial newspaper, conte pastels, ink acrylic and spray on canvas
274.5 x 456 x 5 cm
108 1/2 x 179 1/2 x 2 in
108 1/2 x 179 1/2 x 2 in
We crossed the threshold of the millennium with the fear of computers blowing up and airplanes falling out of the sky. The fear of technological collapse was epitomised by the...
We crossed the threshold of the millennium with the fear of computers blowing up and airplanes falling out of the sky. The fear of technological collapse was epitomised by the Millenium Bug and alongside with the idea of a sentient Artificial Intelligence eventually emerging, combined with the realisation that our dominant economic model has taken us to the brink of ecological apocalypse, we face the existential question of what does it mean to be human?
‘Technophobia’ is an exploration of the dreams and fears of technology – encouraging the viewer to take a deconstructive journey to question habitual perceptions of our existence, the world we live in, the parts we don’t see. What and who makes us fearful and for what agenda? To profoundly question our humanity is to ask what future we want to build towards.
‘Technophobia’ is an exploration of the dreams and fears of technology – encouraging the viewer to take a deconstructive journey to question habitual perceptions of our existence, the world we live in, the parts we don’t see. What and who makes us fearful and for what agenda? To profoundly question our humanity is to ask what future we want to build towards.
Exhibitions
Gordon Cheung, The Whitaker, Rossendale, UK (07/03/2017 to 09/01/2017)
Techno Sublime, Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK (03/31/2012 to 06/16/2012)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK (08/07/2009 to 11/01/2009)
Death by a Thousand Cuts, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK (01/18/2008 to 03/23/2008)
God is on Our Side, Unosunove Gallery, Rome, Italy (09/26/2007 to 11/10/2007)
Paradise Lost, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK (07/28/2007 to 10/04/2007)
Provenance
Imogen and Elspeth Turner Collection63
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