My piece "Big Brother" is based on the book 1984. The idea for this piece came from the concept in the book of "Big Brother" always watching. I feel like our world today is becoming a lot like that of the world in 1984. There are cameras watching us and photographing us all over the city, I feel that in time these means of "security" may even invade nature. We may one day not even be free of cameras in the depths of woods or deep within deserts. My piece evoloved from the idea of even nature watching us.
Wrapped all around the tree is text from the book 1984, reminding us of their world in the book and the similarities of our world to theirs. The eyes are cut from magazines, they stare blankly signifying the amount of eyes watching us daily, as well as the amount of media pushed on us everyday.
"Big Brother"stands 13 inches tall and 16 inches wide. It is composed of wire, tin foil, masking tape, news paper, text printed on drawing paper, and magazine clippings.
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