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Sculpture, Textile on Glass
Size: 30.7 W x 20.9 H x 3.1 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Unmanned combat drones, like the new Northrop Grumman X-47B, are the pinnacle of technological innovation. Historically, technological innovations have been rapidly translated into new military systems: the crossbow, gun powder, the internet, nuclear energy and now fully autonomous flying killing machines. The weaponization of technology is at the core of the piece “Butterfly Drones”. The outlines of contemporary aerial weapon systems were first traced and then cut in 10 gage steel with a CNC plasma cutter. In the next step the edges were weaponized, made razor sharp, thus converting a line drawing into an archaic new weapon system. Shuriken, like drones, are stealth weapons, designed to distract not defeat an enemy. The “Drone Shuriken” are mounted with pins in a cherry wood display, very much like butterfly collectors would display the rare specimens they caught with their nets and later preserved using formaldehyde. The “Batarang” Shuriken is a humorous reference to superhero pop culture and reflects on concepts such as “Superpower”, as does the weaponized star.
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Sculpture:
Textile on Glass
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
30.7 W x 20.9 H x 3.1 D in
Frame:
Not Framed
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Not applicable
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Ships in a Crate
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Michael Tauschinger-Dempsey
United States
Tauschinger-Dempsey is a research-based artist working at the intersection of visual culture studies, anthropology, and social studies. His current art practice investigates formulaic “western” life styles and military managerial models, including surveillance, terrorism, corporatism, suspicion, and technology. Recent works include experimentation with interactive robots (TRASHBOT), media and photographic installations on collateral damage in the War on Terror (Suspensions), and multimedia collage connecting ancient and modern time and space (The Great Ziggurat of Ur and Google’s Quest for the Book of Sand). He has also been published in Media Fields Journal (2014). Prior to that, Tauschinger-Dempsey completed an interdisciplinary MFA in sculpture and architecture at the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf, Germany and an MFA in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. His work has been displayed across the United States and has been recently acquired by the Duke Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University.
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