In Anderson’s practice, the technological objects memorised on the canvas with paint are then assembled and ‘crystallised’ with copper coloured wire to become sculptures.

Anderson speaks of crystallisation or memorisation to describe the gesture of encircling an object with wire. As she dialogues with the object, Anderson weaves, memorises and crystallises the relationship with it.

These machines, recycled and erected as “Spiritual Machines”, bear their name in reference to the book “The Age of the Spiritual Machines” published in 1999 by artificial intelligence pioneer, Ray Kurzweil.

Sacred deities embody an ecological awareness and bear witness to our Anthropocene era.