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In my ceramic sculpture, I have been exploring how technology has influenced and molded our perceptions of nature. Yet, what is nature exactly? What image is conceived with the word?

If typed into a google search, nature is defined as “the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations”.

This description of nature excludes humans and human creations from nature. It creates two very separate worlds – the human made world and the non-human made world. How have we, human beings, arrived at such a perception of ourselves and nature?

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Part of an answer lies within the arena of ‘human creations’ – or Technology.

Technology is a major tenet shaping ideology. It alters the structure of our interests, it alters the structure of our symbols, and it alters the structure of our community.

For example, long ago I decided to ride my bike from Vancouver, Canada down