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BLADE RUNNER MEETS THE FRANKENSTEIN IN THE METAVERSE Artwork

Aglaja Ray

Lithuania

Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 31.5 W x 47.2 H x 0.8 D in

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About The Artwork

In 2022 I was working on my artistic research called "Races with the cyborgs". It is no wonder that in 2022 I'm curious to rethink the relationship between a human being and the advancement of technologies, coming back again to the fundamental question, what does it mean to be a human? In this artwork you can see a man running the lap, he has artificial legs ("blade"), it's a reference to "Bladerunner" - both a movie and a racer Oscar Pistorius. The racing lap goes through the cube with the symbol of eternity, also now in our minds associated with "Meta" ("Facebook Metaverse"). Inside the racing lap we can see a green figure of a being, with white object attached to its head. That object is a Neuralink. In the very back we can see the face of the Frankenstein. All this piece is doing is contemplating how altering our bodies is developing through the years. Above the head of the Frankenstein might be the next phase - uploading one's consciousness to the device / online / on the cloud, in attempt to be immortal by technological means. I want to rise the question, even if we COULD do something like that, SHOULD we? How many steps of modification we can take till we lose our humanness and become a cyborg?

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Mixed Media:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:31.5 W x 47.2 H x 0.8 D in

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Aglaja Ray (real name Eglė Tamulytė) was born in Šakiai, Lithuania (1988) and attended Vilnius Academy of Arts, receiving a B.A. in graphics, with specialization in illustration in 2012, graduating MA in 2020. She made herself a name first in the underground art circles using the nickname Shaltmira, while working with various alternative music bands and drawing black and white comics and illustrations. Her work has been recognised in Lithuania and abroad. Aglaja Ray is not limited to the creation of visual arts, but perceives art as a tool for self and the world beyond material means knowledge, the instrument for the study of existence, and emphasizes creative thinking rather than the importance of chosen expression.

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