Abstractly documenting the miscommunication of a nation …
I rarely create political works of art. This one was started in 2005, after the 2004 elections, when George Bush won the election over John Kerry. The country was, looking back on it now, two sides seemingly in diametrical opposition, both wanting simialar outcomes and solutions to problems, but not wanting to go down the same paths to get there. Now, some twenty years later, we look back on those times and laugh, compared to the state of our country now, and what seemed like diametrical opposition then, now looks like two toddlers fighting over a shared toy.
This work combines both my love/hate of politics with my art and technical background.
MAJOR DISCONNECT uses the basic cable – CAT5/ethernet – that, in 2005, transported messages between two people or groups over the Internet. In this work, the fact that the cables are cut, or mismatched, or ending in space, or not connected to anything, is a testament to the then current, now more extreme, disconnect between political parties, corporations, the wealthy, and the general public. Using a non-conductive material such as wood as the base for these pieces goes one step further in symbolizing the inability for communications to travel between Points A and B.
Series began in 2005. Ongoing.
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