Shane Hope, Visual Arts, USCD MFA graduate.
“Yes, but [grey goo] will be our children.”,
2009
Archival pigment print
48″ x 48″
Grey Goo – hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all matter on Earth while building more of themselves (K. Eric Drexler coined).
“Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.” – Marvin Minsky
In this print can be seen: sundry atomic debris, proteins,DNA, sheets of graphite, novel synthetic molecules, forced secondary structures, viable nano-machinery parts, etc…
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