ARTIST

Nick Hofbauer

Transhumanism is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capabilities. There are two directions in which this theory is focus: biological and mechanical. The focus of my art is in touch with the mechanical aspects of the advancement of humanity. As I explored the idea of Transhumanism I found that most questions focused on the human side of things. The argument against the idealism is against the biological. While there is argument against the mechanical, there is less prominent discussion. My work touches a question of this idea. My piece focuses on the idea of questions of the non-human nature.

When focusing upon my work I found I enjoyed two certain programs: Adobe After Effects and 3DS Max. I merged the programs together to create a unique video. The main piece of the video is the focus of the 3D character and its animation. Having rebuilt the character three or four times, it was a lengthy process to get it where I wanted it. But with the mixture of the video effects and the 3D animation I try to push the connections between real and artificial.