Extensions (1) Watercolours Watercolour, 2007. 20 × 30 cm. Ink, Aquarelle, and Pencil on Hahnemühle Paper

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This series consists of drawings based on photographs taken from the Internet and images from documentaries and instructive videos. In terms of content, these drawings deal with, among other things, science and technology as extensions of the human body, and as the physical manifestation of an unfaltering belief in progress, which is both redemptive and ethically problematical. The artist’s definition of the extension of the body is very broad, and comprises objects such as weapons, scanners, prosthetic devices, or spaces such as shopping malls or waiting rooms; anything that seems to make Western life easier, everything that serves to channel, automate and process it in terms of data, grids, and patterns.