Brandon Waterman
In form and content, my sculptures contain two ostensibly separate subject-matters: what is in the domain of technology and what is in the domain of nature. I explore the experience of being surrounded by a technological world, and how that technology has slowly encroached into our bodies, approaching the borderline of what we might call a cybernetic organism. I portray our current relationship, while also exploring how it may manifest itself in the future, ranging from dystopian, ambiguous, to something more harmonious. My recent projects do the latter; a human form which shows its viewers that a synthesis between creators and their creations does not have to be grotesque, but rather something beautiful and inspiring. To this end, I use materials such as wire mesh, marble, plaster, and silicone, which contrast each other, but also have their own inherent beauty when they represent the human body.