MECHISM:

"The process of humanizing machinery." Have you ever cursed your computer? Ever sworn at your car when it breaks down? Why do we often describe a mechanical component by using human associations?

Can you explain why both man and machine wear and burn out? Why then are they described as being able to breathe, bleed, weep, respire, expire, etc? Why do we describe machines as possessing heads, bodies, teeth, arms, circulatory systems? Why do we associate the mechanical connections of specific parts by either male or female?

Machinery is the ubiquitous companion of man. So integrated is our interaction that it could be said we have taken this union for granted. Society depends on machines and tools at every level of daily life.

The machine could be described as a developing social mirror evolving over decades and centuries. Machines constantly reflect mankind's environments, politics, social trends and philosophies. Mechism, is about paying tribute to this ongoing and integrated relationship.

I have created the word "MECHISM" to pay homage to the world as I perceive it and I submit it to you as my personal manifesto, a declaration as an artist, wether as an individual or in collaboration, that I will endeavour to express my philosophical, humorous and social views of the world through the unique metaphor of the machine.

Ian Rogers