mihaela tanase

Illustrations

Spring 2021

My robot friend

What would it be like if your friend was not a human being or an animal, but some geometric objects connected to electricity? Would it be a real friendship? What would be the differences between you? Would it be an incredible experience complete with the progression of man and the world or, conversely, the decline of human existence? Would such a friendship last forever?

The illustration tells the story of a person and her new friend. It takes them a while to get used to each other. They are different. The human eats food, the robot eats electricity. The human is an organic unit, the robot an inorganic one. They spend their time talking about nature and knowledge. They discover new places and new knowledge. They observe what’s going on around them. Rain, people, plants. But do they perceive them in the same way? Can a robot even perceive and express emotions? Does it have emotions? Does the robot illustrate the human’s ideas or show him a new world?

A new question every day. Until one day the robot discovers that humans are not everything. There are other robots. What’s next? Will their friendship end? Was it right to have a robot as a friend? The answer is in your thoughts. Let the freedom of your own mind influence you. It’s more than real. You’re reading a text that was written by a human on a robot.