I don't set out to make something that is repulsive and that would scare people. I know that … - Patricia Piccinini

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I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films.

Patricia Piccinini

I don't set out to make something that is repulsive and that would scare people. I know that some people don't like what I make, and don't find it cute, but that's hard for me to understand.

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I think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want people to feel a kind of empathy with them. When you think about it, all nature is kind of strange looking. . in fact, I'm a strange a looking creature.

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My practice is focused on bodies and relationships; the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.

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Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world.

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The illusion of life is crucial for the work, otherwise the ideas wouldn't be able to jump across, people wouldn't engage with it.

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How does contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human. What is our relationship with - and responsibilities towards - that which we create.

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