As her new show opens in Oslo, the artist talks about sexuality on the internet and why we will never live up to our perfect, digital clones
humans have an inferiority complex – and perhaps it’s justified. Our landscapes are becoming manufactured, our social and work lives gradually digitised, sex can be beckoned via apps on phones built by robots. “Machines are better than humans in a lot of fields,” explains Byström. “They are better than us at chess, in maths, they can compose beautiful classical music, create beautiful imagery.
While Gen-Z’s dependence on retouching apps such as Facetune shows their desire to be more beautiful, it’s the resulting comparisons between the “copy” and the self that wreak havoc on the ego. “Certain parts of this are frustrating and sad, and sometimes devastating when trying to meet the perfection machines and technology creates,” she adds, “but it is also interesting to see this as a humbling experience.
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