The Artist
Cathelijn van Goor graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague 1999. Her main focus lies on drawing. In her drawings she reacts to the speed with which the world around us is changing. She is interested in the question whether technological developments actually yield the intended progress, and in the philosophical problem behind it, at which point one can really speak of progress. Cathelijn had many exhibitions worldwide. Her work was included in the collection of Teylers Museum & Leiden University. She received grants from the Mondriaan Fund. Worked as a text writer, and guest tutor at ArtEZ. www.cathelijnvangoor.nl.
The Science
With this piece I respond to technological developments in our current society. I explore the symbiotic relationship between humans and their technological inventions. I have been looking for examples that could resemble the visionary idea (from old science fiction - Asimov) of people losing control over their technological inventions. I have found, and still search for, spaces in the digital world that seem to develop on their own, due to a failure or shortcoming of the system. I use found images to express possible consequences of contemporary technological developments. To gain a clear understanding of these I read scientific articles, philosophical ideas concerning this matter and follow the Next Nature Network, a.o.
This work shows a hybrid shape combining the natural and the digital. It is a drawing from my series 'My Digital Backyard’, inspired by images that show how technology is not yet advanced enough to make a correct representation of reality, when it comes to natural forms. The complex shapes are simplified and show characteristics of a digital world. I use these images, that could resemble a symbioses between the two worlds, to refer to a possible future where nature and technology come together as a new evolutionary system to overcome environmental problems, as described in the Next Nature Network.
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