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Theory Fragment - The mannequin and it’s parts

The parts that make up my installation relating to my Thesis Proposal, are as follows:

• CRT Monitor - This is an “older” style computer monitor. Although old in technology terms is circa 2003, a year in which the monitor I’m using (A phillips 107×4 CRT) won a design and innovation award. The monitor represents consumerism, and how we are prepared to discard things more frequently. It also cross relates to discarding the sense of Family which is referenced as one of the common values in each “Blue Zone”.
• The Mannequin - This is another cast-off from the retail sector, but in a different way. If something no longer conforms to being “beautiful” it is easily discarded. It also represents the figure and role of parents in bodily form.
• The Teddy Bear - The teddy bear represents the role of the child. Another consumer product, it is a classic that has been made in China out of the standard cheap materials. This one was sourced from the second hand store, and cost $2.00.
• The Teddy Bear with Screen - This is the product. It is a teddy that allows parents to keep an eye on what their children are doing while they play through wireless technology. The children in turn get to view an image of their parents on the screen. In the display the view is of many different people that make up an “everyman” picture. They are all races, creeds, colours, sexes, and ages. Indiscriminate from each other by nature of the high frames per second that each slide displays.

Together they make up a dialogue that seeks to speak to the Thesis Proposal.

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