Writing a code of universal empathy
The light touch is also evident in Choi's charming minimalist line drawings of human figures of which there are several in the exhibition, often presented together with slogans such as "Distribution instead of decentralization," "Care instead of control" and "Information instead of data."
Was he banking on the childlike simplicity and disarming appeal of these featureless figures to make technology more accessible, and less intimidating?
"I can't draw realistic portraits," says Choi, who also put together very basic, handmade computer models for the show - by way of staging a creative resistance "to the Capitalist logic of planned obsolescence" of the electronic gadgets of everyday use. "I prefer untrained aesthetics because it offers more room for play. At some point, you find the lines, shapes, colors that speak to you. And you discover your voice."
