The Machine Stops (2022) giclee print on Aquarelle Rag paper 110 x160cm

Photo Credit @JulesLister

Hand-sewn velvet brains are arranged as a still life, juxtaposed with objects that allude to autobiographical moments from Clements’ working-class upbringing to present a surreal telling of personal history.

Each piece of ephemera is carefully selected and strategically placed, creating a dialogue with the central, dominating, still life arrangement of artificial brains.

The title The Machine Stops is taken from a short, science fiction story by EM Forster, that Clements first read as a young teenager, that describes a future completely controlled by machines.