Static

Artist: Matthew Bentley

How this artwork fits with the Art of Repair:

Matthew Bentley says:

This piece pulses with a vexed outlook —the double-edged blade of technology slicing through human nature.

On one side, it floods us with vibrancy, knowledge, and power; screens ignite minds, instant global connections, we have an immense reach from the comfort of wherever we are at any given moment.

Yet flip the coin: we scroll in silence, hunched postures, dopamine levels maxed out, fingers ghosting over glass instead of flesh, our dependency a slow poison eroding real touch. An algorithm sculpted culture with lessening attention spans lacking of eye-to-eye truth.

My art is this tension made visible—celebration tangled with grief— inviting us to find peace & balance by not forgetting who we are nor where we came from amongst the chaos and distractions of today.