Artists present a refined experience of their world. Moving beyond appearance and using an idea, a system, or a filter to process the information received by them and then outputting it into real form for others to see.
Understanding the meaning of the word “mechanic”.
"It comes from Greek. Amechania means originally “helpless”. You are helpless as a baby, and in many others situations. So you need an idea to get out of your state of helplessness (amechania). This idea means “mechanic”. First it is the idea and second, it is a tool. I have an obstacle, a stone, I can’t move the stone, so I have to invent a tool to get rid of the stone. So first was the idea how to get rid of the obstacle, how to become better, how to help myself. And then came the idea – I can help myself with a tool. So comes mechanics. So technology is nothing else than a tool to help us, to be an escape button. This is precisely at the heart of many artistic activities – to help us to understand the world, to enact our choices on the world. "
The 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
From Peter Weibel’s speech