小萊的機器新世界｜THE MECHANIC WORLD OF SIULOY

在這個科技發達和量產的時代，我們嚴重依賴機器去生活。由令人愛不釋手的手提電話到每天使用的家居電器用品。香港藝術家小箂將人體的不同部位與機器結合，創造了代表人類逐漸演化為機器的藝術品。

In this era of technological advancement and mass production, we rely heavily on machines to live. From the addicting mobile phones to essential electrical appliances we use on a daily basis. Hong Kong artist SiuLoy used different parts of the human body and combined them with technological machines, creating art that represents our current world and what human beings are transforming into.

無可否認，科技和機器在我們生活中扮演著重要的角色。它充斥著我們的生活，使我們非常依賴它們。在現代社會，我們都是透過各種科技例如電視和社交媒體來了解這個世界，它影響著我們的情緒以及對於世界的認知。法國思想家Gilles Deleuze和Félix Guattari曾提出一個後現代主義理論 – 慾望機器(Machines desirantes)。他們將人類比喻為生產慾望的機器，機器與機器之間互相鏈接並互相驅動，形成一個巨大的慾望生產網絡。

Technology and machines undeniably play a significant part in our lives. It gradually penetrates our lifestyle which makes us greatly dependent on them. We see the world through machines, it affects how perceptions, cognition, and understanding of the world. Information that we receive from technology, television, social media platforms touches our hearts and generates our emotions. French thinkers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari regard humans as desiring machines. Regarding this postmodern theory, desiring machines are driven by and connected to other machines creating a link, one integrated flow of production.

小萊以轉基因食物和人體改造為例，展現她對這個機器時代的憂慮。她的作品均以灰色作為主色調，並以一點點的紅色作為點綴，帶出其沉重的主題。單調的色彩與其背後發人深省的啟示形成了強烈的對比。基於科技的進步，我們日常食用的大部分食物例如雞肉等皆經過基因改造。而我們的身體、外貌亦可以透過外科手術去進行改造，就彷如一個由工廠組裝出來的玩偶。

SiuLoy explores the realm of technological modification on food and the human body. There is a consistent color scheme of depressing grey throughout his works, with a hint of red. The simplicity of colors stands in stark contrast to the complexity of the paintings’ message. We have arrived at a stage where the chickens that we consumed have been genetically modified with the help of technological advancement; our facial features can also be surgically changed, similar to the building and assembling of a commercially produced doll.