has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
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In it's first incarnation, this piece was entitled Aviator Lamp and it was a functional light fixture. The shade was made of 28 pairs of aviator sunglasses and a stainless steel mixing bowl. The base I fashioned out of aluminum and cement.
In it's current state, Dysfunctional Art manifests a repurposing (or de-purposing) of the initial intention into a purely nonfunctional, poetic entity. As if it has been left in an abandoned building to decompose and be abused by squatters, It is now dented, scratched and pockmarked and is being overtaken by vines, fungus or worms, as represented by the pink cord that snakes through it. Instead of useful light it now gives off a flickering spark as if a short circuit is taking place.
Akin to a Halloween decoration I am employing the aesthetics of disharmony. As well as hoping to create a macabre entertainment I am attempting to make a commentary on the slick design and slick marketing which creates the illusion of permanence and invincibility both in the product and the product's creator.
