Work No. 698; Spirit of the Age
Spirit of the Age
c. Michael St.Mark 2014
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Perspex cut-out hosting a smiling, “talking ” hospitality lady hologram ; Kings Cross mainline station ( 1 of 2 )
… on a mind-numbing 10 second audio loop requesting the public not to take heavy bags onto the escalator
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Signed edition of 25 Lightjet prints onto Kodak Pro Endura
25″ x 21″
£300 ( unframed )
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Mechanical Head ( The spirit of our time )
by the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann c. 1920
“.. this is a head whose “thoughts” are materially determined by objects literally fixed to it. However, there are deeper targets in western culture that give this modern masterpiece its force. Hausmann turns inside out the notion of the head as seat of reason, an assumption that lies behind the European fascination with the portrait. He reveals a head that is penetrated and governed by brute external forces. ”
