Patricia Piccinini Australian, b. 1965
The Struggle, 2017
fiberglass, auto paint, leather, steel, scooter parts
78 3/4 x 94 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
200 x 240 x 120 cm
200 x 240 x 120 cm
edition of 3 + 1AP
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This piece speaks to the potential of artificial intelligence and the imminent possibility of technology becoming self-sufficient and self-perpetuating. In a reference to the George Stubbs painting 'Horse Attacked by...
This piece speaks to the potential of artificial intelligence and the imminent possibility of technology becoming self-sufficient and self-perpetuating. In a reference to the George Stubbs painting 'Horse Attacked by a Lion' (1769), Piccinini represents a Vespa-type scooter and a motorcycle as sentient beings — a wild deer and a lion — engaged in a death-struggle. In so doing, Piccinini asks us to envision the possibility of machines having lifecycles… leading to the both unnerving, and — given modern advances — quite conceivable, possibility of a world in which technology, like nature, is not within our control.