Bully Machine

The name of the work, Bully Machine very directly conveys the intent of my project, which is to express the bullying of humans over machines. 

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This artwork wants to explore the relationship between man and machine, which consists of two parts. People can use the charger (the original charger for the old TV) or their hands to hit the small old TV. The TV will interact with people in time saying sentences like “Och, it’s painful” or “Stop, I am tired” just like a poor robot.

 

We as humans can beat the old TV to make the machine work properly and always charge them to keep them working for us, and the small TV will stand in the exploited position to react to each hitting, which also reflects the dependence and bullying of humans on the machine and technology. 

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The tiny person representing the community is like a spectator witnessing the atrocity. On the road to technological progress, we are both spectators and protagonists. In the revolution of violence against machines, no one is innocent; at the same time, technological advancement and development also benefit from the contributions made by each and every person.