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Olbram Pavlíček’s work is characterized by a lasting interest in ergonomics and the tools through which the dominant political and social system involuntarily—and often unconsciously—shapes our bodies and minds. The forms of his objects refer to the estranging anonymity of industrialized products, whose potential purpose, however, remains only disturbingly suspected. Pavlíček develops this ambivalence with detailed drawings in which humanoid creatures intertwine with technological devices, cryptic symbols, and unsettling fragments of post-digital reality.

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