Artist Statement

My piece (which is as of now untitled) is a large messy collage of modern technological, mechanical and media based items forming a large ape-ish creature. The foremost hind leg is compiled of mainly consumer transportation. The other hind leg is composed of watches, timers, and clocks. The foremost front leg is made up of personal computers, cell phones, headphones, cables and circuitry. The other front leg is composed of military items such as rifles, tanks, submarines etc... The body is composed of many layers including pills, newspapers, small advertisements, microscopic images from an ESM, and if you look closely close up shots of gears. The head is contrastingly very simple. It consists of a scanned face from a banner, then over-layed with a filtered plastic bag and close ups on the underside of CDs for the eyes. The creature itself is walking on a temperature map of the United States.

My thoughts going in to this were how we as humans are almost modern 'frankenstien-ian' monsters. Before we leave the room we check: for our cell phone and car keys. Before we go to bed we take our pills. Our tool for telling the time as well as communicating with others has become a fashion statement. Our media is drenched with images of war and the machines that enable it. In a sense these are the external devices or ideas that i 'wear on my sleeves' every day and they impact my life one way or another. Here they have joined together to create a monster that roams the US as we do. It is as if everyone through up one item that they keep on them and it built this creature over the nation. The Face is contrastingly simple because though technology increases the ideas behind it remains simple. We want to communicate faster. We need to get from A to B. We need to protect ourselves. We need to know what time of day it is. We need to survive. Simple needs with complex tools.