{"product_id":"julien-bonet-forester-copy","title":"JULIEN BONET - Industrialist","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Promptography on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e50 x 40 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSigned, dated and edition numbered by the artist on a separate label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndustrialist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e A man in a suit, wrapped in a tangle of tubes and cables. No face, no skin, just black coils winding around his body like the veins of a machine. Behind him, an abandoned gas station—a relic of an industry as omnipresent as it is decaying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In the artist's words: \u003cem\u003e\"A scapegoat for economic and ecological problems. He attempts to spray passersby with a mixture of water and soot. The costume eventually burns in thick black smoke.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eBonet's \u003cem\u003eIndustrialist\u003c\/em\u003e updates an ancient ritual: the scapegoat. In numerous cultures, masked figures carried the collective guilt, were mocked, banished, or burned to purify the collective. But here, the scapegoat is not a demon of nature, but a child of the industrial age: a myth of cables, oil, and soot, born of our own dependencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The figure represents the unease of our present—caught between blame and repression. It embodies not only ecological and economic crises, but also our need to personalize these crises: When we see \"industry\" in a mask, it seems easier to fight it without questioning ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Part of the ongoing series \u003cem\u003eMasquerades\u003c\/em\u003e – contemporary myths between fear, ritual and collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KI \u0026 NFT EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49624272535887,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/industrialist.jpg?v=1725731312","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/julien-bonet-forester-copy","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}