The Interface Without Friction
Essay about the works of artists Hannah Toticki and Asta Lynge for the exhibition The techno body at Fuglsang Art Museum.
The essay, titled ‘The Interface Without Friction’ explores how the connection between our bodies and machines has always fueled our dreams and aspirations. Many envision a future where our bodies and machines will enter into a symbiosis, allowing us to enhance both our physical abilities and mental prowess through seamless integration. In the exhibition works by Hannah Toticki and Asta Lynge challenge this notion of a frictionless interface.
The exhibition The techno body is a group exhibition with works by eight contemporary artists, all of whom deal with the meeting of man and the body with new technology. The title denotes the body thought of in an expanded technological and digital field, and the works have in common that they are about the body, as a well-known anchor in the world, being challenged by the new possibilities of technology.
What happens to the human perception of the body in the encounter with new technology? What does technology mean for our experience of being human today? What does it mean for our relationship with other people – and not least with machines? Which boundaries are being pushed? These are some of the questions that the invited artists address in works where topics such as genetic modification, cryopreservation and AI sex dolls are given artistic treatment.