Old Cell Phones As Art
In this enlightened era of environmentalism and eco-friendliness, it's a sad fact that most old and clunky mobile phones still wind up in the trash heap when they are done serving their time. That's a shame for two reasons, first because there are plenty of charities out there who will take your phones and give them a new home, and second because there's plenty of nasty toxins in those phones. Artist Rob Pettit, however, had a rather different idea of what to do with a lot (a LOT) of old, used forms: make some art.
Pettit's installations include a number of pieces designed to "highlight the proliferation and waste of cell phones." How is he doing that? Seemingly by wasting a bunch of cell phones. One installation is a spiral of clam-shell handsets whirling away from the center. Another shows an empty recycling bin perched atop and completely surrounded by a huge pile of old, discarded phones; the implication there rather obvious.
We'll leave the critiques to the art critics, but if you'd like to see the pieces for yourself and you happen to live near Boston, you can check them out at the Grossman Gallery and Anderson Auditorium at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts starting April 10 and running through May 4.
From textually.org
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