The Gift of Automation

Petros Moris - Nature of Automomy -The Gift of Automation

Nature of Autonomy, 2019
Marble, light concrete, spray paint, copper-electroformed PLA, steel, motor mechanism, aluminum platform, stickers

 

Petros Moris - Ghost Source -The Gift of Automation

Ghost Source, 2019
Marble, light concrete, spray paint, copper-electroformed and chrome-platted PLA, steel, aluminum platform, stickers

 

Petros Moris - Time and Death -The Gift of Automation

Time (And Death), 2019
Marble, light concrete, spray paint, copper-electroformed and chrome-platted PLA, steel, aluminum platform, stickers

 

Petros Moris - Intelligence Gate -The Gift of Automation

Intelligence Gate, 2019
Marble, copper-electroformed PLA, steel, aluminum platform, stickers

 

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Nature of Autonomy, 2019 (detail)

 

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Ghost Source, 2019 (detail)

 

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Ghost Source, 2019 (detail)

 

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Time (And Death), 2019 (detail)

 

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Time (And Death), 2019 (detail)

 

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Intelligence Gate, 2019 (detail)

 

The Gift of Automation comprises a series of sculptural installations that investigate the hopes and fears related to the evolution of automation, by looking at its historical development and contemporary manifestations as a shared imaginary of technological, cultural and economic progress. The work draws morphological and conceptual inspiration from the surviving descriptions of ancient “automata”: sculptural machines that were developed as compositions of scientific innovation and aesthetic wonder from the Hellenistic to the Medieval and early Modern times.

 

Commissioned by Onassis Culture for Fast Forward Festival 6