Title: Can You Hear Me Now?
Dimensions: h32x w42x d6 inches
Method: slipcast
Media: Porcelain, paint, steel, rubber
Date: 2008
Statement
My sculpture explores built space in the American landscape. Within this domain, my interests range from concepts of land use and automobile-centered planning to the psychological effects of living in an environment of “dumbed-down” architecture. The architecture of our modern landscape has become purely functional, leaving no room for intellectually uplifting, ornate decoration.
This series of sculptures is a response to the proliferation of cell phone signal repeaters in our landscape. I am particularly interested in the historical hierarchies of architecture and how these hierarchies can change depending upon the needs and desires of a culture. In the past few years cell phone signal repeaters have become ubiquitous in the urban landscape, often competing with traditional architectural elements. We benefit from an uninterrupted cell phone signal and the owner of the structures where the repeaters are perched is compensated monetarily by the cell phone company.
What is the intrinsic cost of this practice?
