Over Display

Mixed Media (Liquid Crystal Display, Plastic Models, Dolls), 99 x 81 x 51 cm

In this work the artist is exploring new media expressions that run counter to our expectations of the use and functioning of computers.

Over Display, 2018/Akira Wakita, Credit: Takahiro Tsushima

Attaching artifacts to displays and converting it to a base for other information equipment is a first step to overcome and defy the way that computer display should be used. People seem to be familiar with PCs and smartphones, but they are actually tied up in their operation. Remember that manners and types of operation unconsciously affect our way of thinking. Information equipment is not supposed to bind us – it should be an entity that makes us free.