Pencil and marker drawing with digital background

Year 2023

Dimensions: 30 x 42 cm
 

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Throughout history, the human body has been regarded as a marvel of nature, yet its flaws have always been evident—disease, ageing, injury. Both in its most perfect and its most deteriorated states, inside and out, the body has been a subject of artistic representation, from prehistoric cave paintings to works such as The Three Ages of Woman by Klimt or The Scream by Munch. The body's fragility has driven humanity to seek solutions—scientific, medical, and artistic—exploring its complexity and vulnerability, reflecting the constant struggle against its limitations. Medicine has enabled us to document and understand every part of the body, while science fiction has given rise to the concept of the cyborg: a fusion of the biological and the mechanical.

The exhibition “Bodies: The Exhibition” was a turning point in this reflection, directly confronting the vulnerability of the human body. The integration of technology has expanded, leading to advancements such as prosthetics, cybernetic implants, and nanotechnology. In fiction, characters like RoboCop or Major Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell raise fundamental questions about identity and humanity: to what extent does a cyborg continue human?

This artistic project explores the evolution of the body towards the posthuman. The drawings depict limbs and organs transformed into technological components, examining the idea of a body that not only repairs its flaws but seeks to enhance itself. With an aesthetic inspired by science fiction, I aim to highlight the contrast between the organic and the mechanical.

I ask myself: is the cyborg the solution to the "system failure" that is the human body, or are we creating new vulnerabilities? Death remains a certainty, and the frustration of being unable to prevent it—especially after personal experiences such as the loss of a loved one—reinforces the need to integrate biotechnology into everyday life. Technology offers hope, yet it also raises dilemmas about identity, dependence, and the true essence of humanity. It may be a question for some, but not for me. To me, the evolution towards the cyborg does not imply a loss of humanity but a redefinition of its limits. The key question is how far we are willing to go in the pursuit of perfection and what implications this will have.

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