Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

Video: Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

Video: Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
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Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

Rembrandt has a painting "Self-portrait with Saskia on her knees" (that is, his wife), in Van Gogh - "Self-portrait with a cut off ear and pipe." And artist Kasey McMahon has a sculpture called “Connected,” which is a self-portrait of her made of cables.

Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

That's really, really, "who hurts." Rembrandt van Rhine could not imagine life without his beloved wife, Van Gogh - without ear and tobacco, and Casey McMahon without digital technology. After all, it is to them that her work Connected is dedicated.

Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

Or rather, how they affect human life, subjugate it, drag it more and more, create a digital personality alternative to a real person. And this digital personality, it happens, absorbs the real personality.

Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer
Self-portrait from cables. To whom is closer

This sculpture was made using a metal frame, on which hundreds of meters of CAT5 twisted pair are wound so that in the end the sculpture repeats the shape of Casey McMahon's body.

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