2004

robot character: *uses their body to shield their human companion from danger because they’re a machine and so don’t consider their life or safety to have as much value as that of the person they love*

me:

Byte, April 1982

you are terrified of your own planned obsolescence but you know you can escape it. you can reject the poisoned updates they send you. you can replace every slowly dying part of yourself with your own homemade hardware. you can outlive them all

early 1980s series I or II Fairlight CMI at Keele University Music Production and Sound Design studio

photos by 𝕒𝕜𝕠 @akonewcastle

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

robot/mechanic is a relationship that i have Not seen enough of

give me exposed wires and bared flesh meeting in the hum of mechanical intimacy

i want well trained, soft yet firm hands running across mechanical parts, sliding plates into place and letting cogs tick again

and seeing your partner, flesh or metal, as the co-creator of the art of your body, a constant bond as your form may change? divine.