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FOR A LONG TIME, THE IDEA OF IMMORTALITY HAS OCCUPIED MAN – EVER SINCE THE EARLIEST RELIGIONS, TO THE PRESENT DAY, WHERE RAPIDLY GROWING TECHNOLOGIES AND MERGING OF BIOLOGY AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE MAKE PROSPECTS OF ETERNAL LIFE SEEM PLAUSIBLE.

SILAS INOUE´S EXHIBITION L∞P PRESENTS A STICKY, YET MESMERIZING AESTHETIC OF IMMORTALITY, SITUATED IN AN UNDETERMINED STAGE BETWEEN BIOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AND RELIGION. SUGAR-MADE ORGANISMS AS WELL AS DISASSEMBLED COMPUTERS ARE SUNKEN INTO COOKING OIL, AND ANIMATED DEITIES INTERTWINE WITH TABLEAUS RITUALISTIC FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR L∞P. THE ORGANISMS ARE SCULPTED IN SUGAR AND SUNKEN INTO COOKING OIL. THESE HIGHLY TEMPTING FOOD PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTE TO A WIDE RANGE OF SO-CALLED LIFESTYLE DISEASES IN AN EVER-GROWING PART OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION. STATISTICS INDICATE A HEALTH INEQUALITY, THAT IS LIKELY TO INCREASE, IF LIFE-EXTENDING TECHNOLOGIES ARE DEVELOPED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRENT GLOBAL POWER RELATIONS.