Chico McMurtrie
Over the years of working with the machine as a metaphorical and
physical element in my sculpture, I have noticed how each human I see is an
element in society as a whole, in the similar way that each of my machines
make up a metaphorical element in the society that I have been creating.
The beings in both of these parallel societies often behave in a similar
fashion and are all part of a bigger machine.
Their actions depict the most primal aspects of the human condition:
elegant, strong and threatening and at the same time, weak and pathetic.
They stand, drum, draw, dance, tumble and climb. When all of the elements
are brought together they form a unique and vulnerable society, affected by
technology, and the environment in which they are placed.
