Tuned in to the Freakquencies

2014

bottle caps, chicken wire, black fabric, Styrofoam, tv antenna, 2x4’s, wood veneer, and a flat screen tv

40x21x16in.

This imagery has appeared again and again, but I wanted to make my own version. This was another early “machine” concept and notice the remote in place of the pocket square. I was specifically interested in the hold tv has over us and how some try to model their lives after the snippets of a celebrities put on display, fuel our aggressions from the most testosterone-filled movies, or form our opinions based on partisan news. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with striving for a cinematic life but one can’t forget the idiosyncrasies of life most programs can’t capture and broadcast.