Artificial Assimilation | Solo Exhibition | Garage Kollectiv, Switzerland

Open Friday and Saturday Jan 6 - Feb 4, 2023

Imagine a contemporary world where your data is a currency and a virus can be weaponised with fear and dehuminisation.

The sculptures you see in front of you are composed from traditionalistic sculpture techniques. Fear and Creation was created in the turn of this year from the ground we stand on, local sandstone. The wood sculptures were carved by chainsaw and chisel in Indonesia from Pohan Pole, a sacred wood used for ceremonies and mask making. The metalwork was made in Australia, the artist's home country using the ancient craft of lost-wax casting with aluminum collected from discarded vehicles.

The robot face, we call them ‘Logos’ was generated by an Artificial Intelligent Logo program, the artist asked the program to do a self portrait. Ioanna has depicted Logos in various states… in creation, wide eyed and reflective, infected with an infestation and in destruction.

We’ve come so far to create technology that supports us to live our lives in a connected and efficient way. The roles are reversed here, Ioanna is working for the machines, to create relics for the robots. Who works for who in the future?

Assimilation is a natural instinct, the artist's explanation is only one interpretation. This exhibition encourages viewers to explore their own interpretation of the organic and technological forms.