Do you ever get a feeling someone is watching you. Well I do and i'ts not something I feel too comfortable about. We only have to walk from one end of a city street to the other to be plastered all over monitors in some dark room somewhere. I don't care what everyone say about me, I am not a paranoid person, , but the CCTV cameras surrounding us makes me feel uneasy knowing that at any moment I could be stalked and followed as I go about my daily life. The worst thing is, I know this because if I had these tools I would probably be doing the same. Just for the shits and giggles.
I made this piece along with fellow Irish sculptor Alan Magee in Rorschach, Switzerland and part of a fun competition. As artists Alan and myself had explored the idea of Surveillance and Voyeurism in our own work and when we came together to decide what to make we threw a few ideas around and came up with this. Alan tackled the front electronic eye and I did the ominous figure inside.
I thought he should be like he was part of the machine, as if he was some 'Matrix' like figure. Surrounded by monitors, giving him an all seeing view of the world. He appears to be tapping one the monitor because of a loss of signal though in fact for the sculpture I wanted to use his finger to support the dome of televisions.
The sand is really nice in Rorschach but I wasn't willing to take the risk of total collapse in the short time we had to make the sculpture. So extending the arm to create a support seemed like a good solution. I'm not really sure if people understood our Idea but we had a great time making it beside a beautiful lake in the sun.
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What a roller coaster of a week with cryptos going nuts and me trying to start my own small little coin portfolio. I have decided that for now I will be taking a 50/50 split on my payouts and using the steem dollars to invest in some other currencies namely EOS, @dan s new baby. I really love his philosophy and expect great things when it's up and running. Steemit will always be my first love but I want to learn more about this world and the best way is to learn by doing. ( I don't know why I just typed that and I should probably now do a disclaimer about this not being financial advice and to do you own due diligence). Anyway here are some of my recent posts. All comments welcome.
Steemit world map of my sculpture
Gamer -sand sculpture
Hope to see you on my blog again really soon.
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