Wait, here's the ad for the show, which'll prove that I'm not just making this up.
Only two out of, I think, eight or nine of the pieces in the series are fully represented here. But, of course, simply representing the original works is not the point with these photographs. These pictures are their own separate and original works. Obviously, by concentrating on only certain details from the displayed objects, I have effectively blah-blah-blah..............................yakkity-yakkity.....................................insert-your-own-boring-art-talk-drone-here......................blah-blah..........................................
Here is the statement that accompanied the work at the show.
Artifacts: Extensions for the Human Hand
There is great power and sensitivity in the human hand. It’s really such a beautifully manufactured operation, it almost feels like cheating to put a tool in it. But that is the beginning of what Freud must have meant by “prosthetic gods”. And, of course, that manual elegance is evident in everything we make. The fruit of all our efforts has a hand print on it. From the delicate accuracy of a Swiss movement to the erstwhile majesty of the Trade Towers, everything scales back to the human hand. Our modern environment, our ‘New Nature’, has been built around this scale. So, after we’ve gone, the most recognizable element of everything that survives us will be the human hand.
Look down at yours now and remember that it has done something crucial and lifesaving today. Notice it as you manipulate your cell phone or tighten your fingers ever so slightly around a wet glass. All the material we treasure - the computers and cars and houses and guns and clothes - all of it is worthless without the human hand.
Only two out of, I think, eight or nine of the pieces in the series are fully represented here. But, of course, simply representing the original works is not the point with these photographs. These pictures are their own separate and original works. Obviously, by concentrating on only certain details from the displayed objects, I have effectively blah-blah-blah..............................yakkity-yakkity.....................................insert-your-own-boring-art-talk-drone-here......................blah-blah..........................................
and I really like pointy, spikey things. I hope you enjoy them.
Here is the statement that accompanied the work at the show.
Artifacts: Extensions for the Human Hand
There is great power and sensitivity in the human hand. It’s really such a beautifully manufactured operation, it almost feels like cheating to put a tool in it. But that is the beginning of what Freud must have meant by “prosthetic gods”. And, of course, that manual elegance is evident in everything we make. The fruit of all our efforts has a hand print on it. From the delicate accuracy of a Swiss movement to the erstwhile majesty of the Trade Towers, everything scales back to the human hand. Our modern environment, our ‘New Nature’, has been built around this scale. So, after we’ve gone, the most recognizable element of everything that survives us will be the human hand.
Look down at yours now and remember that it has done something crucial and lifesaving today. Notice it as you manipulate your cell phone or tighten your fingers ever so slightly around a wet glass. All the material we treasure - the computers and cars and houses and guns and clothes - all of it is worthless without the human hand.
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