50. Nome Edona

"confess"

"Great American Babysitter"

Edona's work plays with religious and cultural references by making alterations to popular objects. "Confess" provides the viewer with the opportunity to take part in a confessional while changing the normal setting of an enclosed area into a small box, somewhat like a telecom. Likewise, her brain inserted into a TV shell makes a statement about the influence and restriction of television over the mind.

49. Joshua Short

"You Gotta Move"----> link to video

"US Imperialism and the Odious Debt Economies"

"US Imperialism and the ‘Odious Debt’ Economies, is an interactive installation and infoart piece concerned with the role of US militarism and preemptive world dominance in the developing ‘odious debt’ economies. Through the interaction of television signals, sensor activated robots, a remote controlled UN vehicle and a world map based on developing country export statistics, the battle for global justice will be at your fingertips. Thwart the capitalist bug monster robot and protect developing countries from global mono-culture."

Joshua Short's works are entertaining to say the least. The artist provides an amusing and youthful view on living in America. I particularly appreciate his ability to interactively represent the role of US Imperialism in foreign economies. His other work plays with the concept of money and travel, like "You Gotta Move" is a reflection of his cross country road trip. The viewer gets to momentarily experience a daydream of road tripping.

48. D. Cherie Johnson

"Outside In"

Although Johnson's concept is not explicit, I gather these are meditations on the environment. The scale and detail provides the viewer with the opportunity to inspect the small fragile objects and reflect on the reality of our fragile relationship with nature.

47. Nemo Gold

"Mantena"

"Do not adjust your set"

"Party of One" ---> link to video

Nemo Gold designs different robotic sculptures, some of which are moving others are large scale creatures. The first photo "Mantenna" was displayed on a street and could be seen day or night; I appreciate the integration of the large scale War of the World's- like figure. It's a more honest way of integrating the increasingly robotic-ness of society. "Party of One" is amusing and does well to utilize the wine opener as a robot.

46. Tyrome Tripoli

Tyrome Tripoli utilizes found objects and manipulates them to become sculptures of a different nature than their intended use. Although they appear to be simple, the craftmanship effectively covers up the fact that the object was once something else, like toys or a drying rack. I particularly appreciate works that recylce objects into art because it's overcome the stage of simply being 'trash'.

45. Jon Brumit

"Strip Club"

"The Monsanto Diet"



Brumit's Coffee Video

Brumit does a variety of installations, usually working with sound and lighting, often incorporating found objects. His works are interesing plays on issues sometimes controversial or ignored by society. "Strip Club" is a gallery space turned club, but does not actually contain any strippers. Instead the large cubic gold structure obstrects the normal placement of what might have been a strip pole. Brumit has also made multiple installations based on "Monsanto" altering the image of corn. Lastly, he also makes videos or sound pieces; I found his coffee video relatable and amusing.

44. Kumi Yamashita

I am always intrigued by sculptures that center around shadow. Kumi Yamashita centers all of these pieces around light and shadow, by constructing an object specifically to produce a differing shadow. Even without light the sculptures would still be interesting pieces. I also find it interesting that the figures are constructed with numbers, which could be a reflection on physics and matter.