I’M HERE TO MAKE SOMETHING SUPER POTENT, but fun, too.

This series of people by recycling cans are my daydreams of what every day life in a consumerist society might look like once we live with, use, abuse, reject, and recycle embodied Ai. I’m painting robots! But not just robots: What will we do when the trickle down of technology has us occasionally upgrading to new versions of domesticated embodied Ai? Will we recycle the discontinued humans? Will we consider a free robot in the alley ordinary? I’m painting the robots that warrant a Facebook Marketplace add that reads:

Free! Curbside. Just put her out this morning. Wife upgraded to a different model, but this one works in a pinch. The right limb is less flexible, but a good reboot will likely improve it. If this ad is still up, then she’s still out there. Don’t call or text. Don’t knock, just take her away! 

The futuristic images of my paintings also look backwards to our history as humans, and how we tend to discard people, assuming they are not worth much, as in the case of slaves, immigrants, homeless, disabled, elderly, or unloved children. 

Special thanks to Madison Duke for modeling a robot for me. To purchase, please visit my shop page.