For this section, I particularly picked out one piece of art that stood out to me moreso than the rest.
On page 112; Catherine Richards created a piece "Curiosity Cabinet for the End of the Millennium"
1995
This is an especially interesting piece for being placed out of the 1995 (Mid 90's), mainly where the technology era started taking its loop.
Computer environments as Richards states, and blurring boundaries between body and machine. This is quite literal, and Sena Clara has actually brought to my attention that she only sees our foreheads because of the tall computers. She feels like she's just teaching to some foreheads, and our bodies are obsolete. She's talking to a bunch of apple mac computers with foreheads, that sounds silly but the unfortunate truth.
This box presents this in a greater sense that even the people who aren't aware are now aware. The mesh screen creates a blurred vision between our mind and body. To me the inside is our mind and the outside is out body.
This can be taken on many different perspectives. We feel safe and sound inside our mind, but the outside creates light and walls and you can see further and more beyond, but the trick is, is that this is a room inside a building. SO therefore the box is our mind, the room is our body and the whole building is the computer. Many compartments, many views, many meanings but all in one place.
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