CHLOROFORM

Light as an energy source. Photosynthesis as the context of our symbiotic relationship with our environment–accidental light and its conversion into an integral benefit. “Chloroforms” is the synthesis of elusive ideas into art. Ancient imitative magic, historically used to embody the attributes of animals, behaving as they hoped nature would behave, is more specifically about manipulating the uncontrollable truth of life feeding on life.

“Philosophically speaking, the Chloroforms series is related to Creature but this particular world is populated by humanoid characters with appendages that make them look unsettlingly alien. As with Creature, we respond to these images with a flood of similar questions. We feel awkward around these beings because they are not like us. We may even feel an impulse to reject them altogether so we don’t have to deal with them. But after spending some time in their presence, we begin to realize that these are lost souls that want nothing more than friendship. Like Frankenstein, they are destined to be outsiders, and even with the best of intentions, there may be little we can do to reach out to them.” – Gerhard Bock, artist