Cyborgs Best Friend

"Cyborg's Best Friend": A full e-waste sculpture showing a cyborg and their pet. This piece questions if affection is a fundamental need for all consciousness.
The cyborg figure from "Cyborg's Best Friend." This motherboard art explores a post-human future and the drive for companionship.
The e-waste pet from "Cyborg's Best Friend." Linked by a USB cable, it symbolizes a new kind of bond based on data and shared consciousness.
A closeup of the cyborg's head from "Cyborg's Best Friend." See the intricate motherboard & hard drive platter details of this post-human being.
A chest closeup of "Cyborg's Best Friend." Notice the 'mom in a heart' tattoo done in hieroglyph.

Cyborg's Best Friend, part of my "Beyond Humanity" series, explores a post-human future by questioning whether a cyborg civilization would share our fundamental emotional and social needs. The sculpture asks if traits like affection and companionship are inherent to consciousness itself or primarily a product of human evolution.

The cyborg's choice to have a pet depicts a drive for connection, mirroring a human desire. However, the USB cable that links them implies their relationship is defined by more than just emotion. This digital connection points to a constant exchange of information, hinting at a new kind of bond in a post-human world based on data and shared consciousness.

50”h x 50”w x 3”d: hard drive platter, motherboard, copper conductive tape, USB cable, hard drive platter retention rings.