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CHRISTTO ANDREW

By Sebi Berens

CHRISTTO ANDREW / METRONOM GALLERY

The works of the series, composed of installations, photographs and mixed media, strike for their alienating dimension and, thanks to the choice of visionary subjects, strong colors, environments and objects inspired by a chimerical scenery, create a disturbing atmosphere. The work of Christto & Andrew poetically evokes the concern for a future increasingly dominated by technology in which the man - in his most dehumanized version - is entirely controlled by an artificial mind. As in a 'encrypted purgatory', the visitor finds himself lost, suspended in a time that he can only dream of, with access codes that can be tried to write, but which certainly can not open doors of understanding - and control - of the reality.

CHRISTTO ANDREW + METRONOM GALLERY

Doha-based photographer duo Christto and Andrew continue to push their slick, hyperreal aesthetic and idiosyncratic humour to new futuristic heights in Encrypted Purgatory. The SLEEK-approved artists’ latest project shown at Ground Control with Rencontres d’Arles, tackles transhumanism, questioning the place of the imperfect human in augmented reality. Ever playful and absurd, the duo’s photographs toy with ideas of the digital world, where frictionless screens display cyber representations of ourselves.

«Purgatoire crypté», de Christto Sanz et Andrew Weir, est en lice pour le nouveau prix découverte.

ENCRYPTED PURGATORY