• Derrick Cruz
  • Objectified
  • Worn
  • Directed
  • Consumed
  • Fleshist

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  • Derrick Cruz
  • Objectified
  • Worn
  • Directed
  • Consumed
  • Fleshist

192.186.195.115

These sculptures employ religious and humanist aesthetics to create two altars: one for projection and one for reflection. The choice of form and materials are inspired by conversations surrounding the impact of technological advances on individuation.

A PERSONAL NOTE

After my MS diagnosis, I immediately began mourning my future in the face of how MRI scans appeared to redefine me. Would I be minimized to a binary technological interpretation or take control of the definition? In response, I created tools for considering time, change, and the impracticality of idealization. Those tools took the shape of a playable record of MRI machine noise lathed onto one of my scans and trapped within 21 layers of acrylic sitting atop a pedestal crafted to ideal greek proportions.

"Blessed is the Machine" and "Citizens: 192.186.195.115" Derrick Cruz, 2013
"Citizens: 192.186.195.115" (detail)
“The Sound of Knowing” Derrick Cruz, 2013
“The Sound of Knowing” (detail) Derrick Cruz, 2013
“The Sound of Knowing” (detail) Derrick Cruz, 2013

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