The Viewing, 2022
This wooden television, crafted entirely from natural materials and string, sits before an arrangement of opulent furniture positioned as its audience. The screen displays a permanent rainbow of broken signals, a visual metaphor for our relationship with media.
The elaborate furniture waits endlessly before a device that can never deliver content, reflecting how we mindlessly consume hours of media that ultimately offers little substance. The piece highlights the environmental resources sacrificed for our entertainment systems by constructing a TV from wood, a once-living material.
The Viewing questions our passive consumption habits while reminding us that beneath the colorful noise of our screens lies a natural world increasingly ignored. The arrangement invites viewers to consider what they've been watching… and what they might be missing.
Wood, twigs, thread, screws.