Drew Caines
I have been an illustrator, ceramist, printmaker and electronic media artist for 20 years.
Over the last few years I've been particularly enjoying making robots, they appeared from nowhere and only later did I realise that they relate to our position in the modern world. If you look closely you will see they are archaic steam driven creatures out of step with modern technology, they are obsolete in this world but they struggle to continue. Despite apparently being mass produced machines ... they are all individuals, each with its own personality, problems and worries.
Our brains haven't really changed in 100,000 years but in that time we have moved from living in caves to living in complex cities. We too are obsolete in our own world but struggle to make sense of the situation and we too are individuals despite the pressure of the capitalist world to conform and become identikit consumers. So paradoxically my little robots are a cry for freedom and the human condition ... each one is handmade using simple tools and comes complete with the slight imperfections of the maker’s hands. I could make moulds and mass produce them but then the meaning would be lost.
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