“I believe AI is not just about the computational but about the biological as well. As our technology progresses, infotech and biotech merge making profound impacts on our lives, bodies, beings, environment, society, and future. As we enter the hybrid age, technology willshape us as much as we shape it.
In the fusion of infotech and biotech, we are presented with an extraordinary opportunity: an opportunity to reimagine and reinvent ourselves, our societies, and our future and use our emerging technologies to help us get there. As we meld with our machines, as our biological and artificial realities intertwine, we are not merely creating new technologies; we are creating new versions of ourselves and the world around us.
This co-evolution is not merely a physical or intellectual transformation; it is a deep, holistic metamorphosis that encompasses our bodies, minds, societies, and our understanding of what it means to be human and what it means to be alive.
This series by Artist Amy Karle is an exploration intoa post-natural world when our bodies, beings, and nature is altered by biotechnology. This collection embodies and exemplifies thispivotal moment of Artificial Intelligence exploding into Art and Design, and into biotech. It questions who we could become through the modifications that these technologies bring with them, and dissolves boundaries of what physical, virtual, and post-life could be. Each piece holds their own unique story and manifestation of this bio-techno interrelationship.
The choices we make today will define our tomorrow, shaping both our external world and our inner realities. Each decision, each step forward, must be guided by a deep consideration of its impact on our humanity, nature, and our shared future.
The path forward is uncharted, filled with dangers and possibilities. The future is not something that happens to us, it is something that we have the opportunity to design and co-create. This collection by Artist Amy Karle envisions possibilities of what that future could look like and illuminatesthe profound implications of our technological evolution.”
Amy Karle is an internationally award-winning ultra-contemporary artist working at the nexus of where digital, physical and biological systems merge. Karle is also a provocateur and a futurist, opening future visions of how art, science, and technology could be utilized to support and enhance humanity while making advancements in the technology towards those goals in the process of making her artworks. Current projects probe who we could become as a result of our exponential technologies and how interventions could alter the course of our future.
Karle has shown work in 54 international exhibitions, including at: The Centre Pompidou, France; The Mori Art Museum, Japan; The Smithsonian, USA; Ars Electronica, Austria; Beijing Media Arts Biennale, China; FILE International Electronic Language Festival, Brazil. Karle is also regularly invited to share her innovations and insights as an expert speaker and in think tanks world-wide. She was honored as one of BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women, has been named one of the “Most Influential Women in 3D Printing”, and was Grand Prize Winner of the “YouFab Global Creative Award”. Karle was also an Artist Diplomat through the U.S. Department of State tasked with diplomacy, social innovation, women’s empowerment, and supporting cross disciplinary collaborations using art and technology to address social issues.
Her work speaks to a wide audience as it inspires exploration into what it means to be human and encourages us to contemplate the impacts of technology on our future. The long-term goals of her work are to continue to pioneer in ultra-contemporary art, bioart, and the art and tech fields and make contributions to the advancement of society, technology and healthcare in the process.
