{"id":32442,"date":"2025-07-30T02:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32442\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:32:09","slug":"in-miniature-models-thomas-doyle-envisions-an-unsettling-future-of-technological-takeover-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32442\/","title":{"rendered":"In Miniature Models, Thomas Doyle Envisions an Unsettling Future of Technological Takeover \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we were to travel 500 years into the future, what would the monuments decorating public parks and town squares commemorate? Thomas Doyle<\/a> takes us on an unnerving journey to imagine the culture we might encounter should our endless fascination with technology continue.<\/p>\n

The New York-based artist (previously<\/a>) toys with perception as he sculpts miniature works at 1:43 scale and smaller. His new dystopian series, Clear History, invokes classical Greek and Roman sculpture, although the venerated figures appear more as a warning than an ideal. Sharp rays pierce through a woman\u2019s head in \u201cClickthrough rate,\u201d for example, while the hunched protagonist of \u201cOpt in\u201d demonstrates the neck-cranking posture many of us know all too well. <\/p>\n

\"a\u201cInfinite scroll\u201d (2024), mixed media, 22 x 13.8 x 13.8 centimeters<\/p>\n

Interested in the long tail of culture, Doyle frequently looks to the past to better understand the consequences of our present. \u201cI\u2019m fascinated by the way we are hurtling toward what seems to be a new way of being human, leaping without looking, hoping for the best,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

In each of the mixed-media scenes, tiny figures peer up at or sit near the weathered statues as they consider a world that\u2019s come and gone. \u201cThe trappings of past cultures are all around us, morphed and made nearly unrecognizable over centuries,\u201d the artist adds. \u201cI\u2019ve tried to trace the ways in which today\u2019s technologies will reverberate over time. What will grow from the seeds we plant today? What becomes a venerated symbol? What serves as a cautionary myth?\u201d<\/p>\n

Doyle currently has a few models on view at the Ukrainian National Museum<\/a> in Chicago, and he very generously shares glimpses behind the scenes on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cAcceptance criteria\u201d (2024), mixed media, 21 x 15 x 15 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cOpt in\u201d (2024), mixed media, 20 x 20 x 20 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"miniature\u201cSwitch profile\u201d (2024), mixed media, 20 x 12.5 x 12.5 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cShow hidden\u201d (2024), mixed media, 28 x 30 x 30 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cSession timeout\u201d (2024), mixed media, 25 x 14.5 x 14.5 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cBad gateway\u201d (2024), mixed media, 20 x 17.5 x 17.5 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cUse case\u201d (2024), mixed media, 20 x 14 x 14 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"miniature\u201cTemporary redirect\u201d (2024), mixed media, 21 x 26 x 26 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cWe value your privacy\u201d (2024), mixed media, 28 x 17.5 x 17.5 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cRollback\u201d (2024), mixed media \/ 20 x 16 x 16 centimeters<\/p>\n

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