My artistic vision is to try and fill in the gap between the human form and our more mechanical and structured technologies which are evolving everyday to replicate our natural shapes. By deconstructing the human form into 'Low Poly' Shapes I can show our form in the simplest most basic solid shapes, Doing so allows a glimpse into where the fine line between something hard, un natural and man made can actually represent the most natural of things, our own bodies.
Not only can the human form be deconstructed to offer new insight but machines can be depicted in a more natural light. By clashing depictions of the human body with more mechanical structured creations one can begin to see the similarities between the two. Whether these similarities are the symmetry of a person's face and that of a construction made for stability like a road bridge. Even the curves and strong sense of purpose and pose displayed by gears against a human body bending in ways that depict all the muscles working together to contract or retract to give the desired movement.
Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which investigates providing an integrated relationship between the structures we build and the natural world, blending the lines between the too. This creative endeavor results in building which blend seamlessly with their natural environment as if they had been there all along. In a similar way as tech such as wearable gadgets develops we are seeing machines blend into the human form in a very similar way that these structures blend into the natural world. Will there come a point where machines are so integrated into the aesthetic that they actually enhance or change our perception of what is and isn't unnatural. If this is the case will we be more machine than man or with tech so integrated with our natural human form will we actually be more man than ever before achieved.
Fritz Kahn a gynecologist and science author from Germany in 1920s developed many visual interpretations of the human body's internal functions depicted as machinery, His work named 'Man as Industrial Palace' (1926). His depictions of the human body being that of a machine were developed in a time where technology was much further from blending with human beings than it is now. Things such as the In digestive system where shown as a chemical plant which was conceived in a time where Germany's chemical industry was the world's best. What is most interesting about Kahn's work is that if he were to be placed in modern times it is likely his graphic analogy would be far less imagined and actually contain many modern technologies that mirror or completely replicate the human body's functions and aesthetic.
The Human inspires more than just the aesthetic of new technologies and Improved iterations of old ones. It gives us a representation of where technology's capabilities can end up and the ability to study how to get there. Our minds can create entire believable worlds during dreams, creating fantastical scenes and characters all entirely accepted at the time as reality. With emergent technologies such as Microsoft Holo Lens and The Oculus rift we are already taking steps to put users into entirely fictional worlds in a way that makes them feel entirely tangible and perhaps even more believable than dreams themselves.
The world of robotics has only in recent years been able to properly develop self correcting bipedal machines which replicate the way human beings walk and run. Such a simple mechanic in our own bodies provided the inspiration for incredibly complex technology and machines which would otherwise not exist if the mechanics of human beings did not provide the starting steps. It is hard to argue our own bodies have not only been our most advanced tool since the dawn of Homo Sapiens and we haven't actually changed to much in respect to our minds most of all ''The predominance of Africa in the story of modern human origins was probably primarily because of its larger geographical and human population size, which gave greater opportunities for morphological and behavioral variations, and for innovations to both develop and be conserved, rather than the result of a special evolutionary pathway''Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures?(2011). As we reach a time where our technology in looks and function is becoming in distinctive to ourselves all lines are blurring and we may be on the edge of seeing the next step in Human evolution.
In conclusion the artistic vision that this world is inspired by the aesthetic and function of the human body to emulate its features in our everyday world is a very believable idea. This world is one which we can clearly see lines blurring between ourselves and the machines and tools we use. The human form is one of the most important artistic inspirations now more than ever along with its close relationship to the mechanical and unnatural.
References
Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? By Francesco d'Errico, Chris B. Stringer (Feb 2011) :-http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1567/1060
1926-Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Man as Industrial Palace) - Fritz Kahn (German - Jew) by Cybernetic Zoo (March 2014) :- http://cyberneticzoo.com/bionics/1926-der-mensch-als-industriepalast-man-industrial-palace-fritz-kahn-german-jew/
Fallingwater rising : Frank Lloyd Wright, E.J. Kaufmann, and America's most extraordinary house Publisher New York : A.A. Knopf, 2003
Are You Nothing More (Or Less) Than A Soft Machine? By Kaitlyn Kraybill-Voth (March 2014) :- http://bsj.berkeley.edu/?p=438
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