More Human Than Human

2016

This small series was made especially for the Tincal Lab Challenge "Jewelry and Cinema".

"SOUL" and "EMPATHY" - NECKPIECES (Greencast 100% recycled acrylic, Ecosilver 100% recycled silver, reclaimed bonded/reconstructed leather, reclaimed vintage faux pearl)

"MEMORIES" - BROOCH (Greencast 100% recycled acrylic, copper, reclaimed bonded/reconstructed leather, reclaimed vintage faux pearl, stainless steel)

Based on clues from Ridley Scott's dystopian classic Blade Runner, these pieces represent fundamental elements which make replicants "more human than human": Empathy, Soul and Memories. The materials were chosen, as part of the wider ethical remit of my work, with the concepts of imitation and remodelling at the centre of the making process.

The replicants show that they in fact are more human than human, not because they are perfect but because their fragility and emotions are unfeigned, as are their thirst for life and search for freedom. They are the self-aware engineered slaves to masters unaware of the privilege of their own natural reality.

"SOUL"

"EMPATHY"

"MEMORIES"