The term technostress was coined by Craig Brod (1984) to describe “a modern disease of adaptation caused by an inability to cope with the new computer technologies in a healthy manner.” Later studies extended the concept to include the strain of information overload and the collapsing boundary between organic and artificial life (Sankar and Natale 1990; Shu, Tu and Wang 2011). Sherry Turkle (2012) argues that digital devices reshape relationships and inner worlds, producing new forms of isolation amidst constant interaction.

Techno-Stress Inhabits (2016) materialised these pressures through life-size organ-like sculptures constructed from cords, computer parts, and silicone casts of skin. Mimicking the stomach, ear, throat, eye, the works externalised invisible psychological states: instinct reshaped as dependency, speech mediated through devices, sight strained by screens. In this way, sculptural metaphor made visible the hidden psychological costs of technological life.