What is the difference between actual and virtual desire. Can cyborgs satisfy us? This work looks at issues relating to desire and sensory stimulation.
Full Description
Firstly I must confess that I am a theif. I am a theif of images, ideas, movement and sound. Artists are like theives, clever and subtle in their pilfering. The work presented here depicts my practice as an artistic theif in the position of an aesthetic and experiential manager; driven to entertain.
We live in impatient times and it is the responsibility of the artist to respond to that and create work that communicates to individuals in a contemporary language. Shifting away from the traditional static art object; environments provide audiences with a form of communication and new media in tune with methods employed by mass communication agencies. Using sensory stimulation as a tool, environments can excite and attract the attention of the viewer. Unlike media bombardment which leaves us with an empty feeling of product desire, artfully crafted sensory stimulus has the capacity to leave the audience with a desire for understanding.
How do we learn what to desire? The notion of desire lies somewhere in between the exterior media frenzy and our own individuality. My work reflects the duality of desire; on one hand embracing the media generated elements and on the other hand maintaining a watchful eye on yearning coming from our personal interiors. Desire speaks volumes pertaining to our identity in a time when we are perpetually navigating the spaces of "authentic" desire versus the homogenized desire propagated unto us via the cacophonous external world.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2001
- Submitted to ArtBase: Monday Sep 3rd, 2001
- Original Url: http://www.aestheticmanagement.com
- Permalink: http://www.freshfaced.com/livingspacially/index.html
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Work Credits:
- patricia reed, creator
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