Phyto-Ost 2 (Robot 40)
Andrew Lincoln Nelson
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Phyto-Ost 2 (Robot 40)
How would a landscape feel if it were occupied by something not made by or for humans, something existing without regard to our sentiments? The graphite drawing Phyto Ost 2 combines concepts from exobiology, artificial evolution, technology-infused ecosystems and mathematics to create an unearthly or distant-future plant-like form situated in an otherwise lifeless landscape. The drawing is part of a series of hand-drawn images that explore non-anthropoid and feral-technology-infused entities and ecosystems. A further goal of these works is to stimulate emotions or experiences associated with viewing objects of unknown origin, with no name, and with no overtly human connection. Phyto Ost 2 also contains elements of surrealism, photo-realism, and landscape rendering and juxtaposes the concepts of subject and background by including a high level of detail throughout the rendering.
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