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DISENGAGED DININGby ~wilson419

Artisan Crafts / Metal Work

medium:
Sterling Silver, Anodized Aluminum, LCD Screens, Electronics

dimensions:
5" x 5" x .5"

year completed:
2007

description:
I saw this piece as a foreboding prototype for Apple. As hybrid utensils, this four-piece set of machined iSpork flatware is an exploration into the theme of technological dehumanization. Like most aspects of our lives, I unfortunately see meal times as one of the last sacred communal human rituals inexorably earmarked for technological overhaul too.

*Note:
I guess I did not realize how popular these would wind up being, so I would just like to say thank you to everyone who has posted a kind reply to them and to the 2 DA members responsible for making them the DD today (I just figured out what that meant, lol) Thank you so much for your interest in them! I'll try to address some of the questions people have had but forgive me if I don't get to everybody.

-Calen

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Given 2008-02-16

~wilson419 is new to dA and already has impressive gallery. DISENGAGED DINING has an unique concept and as the artist states in the description "Like most aspects of our lives, I unfortunately see meal times as one of the last sacred communal human rituals inexorably earmarked for technological overhaul too." ( Suggested by ~Loucife and Featured by `Myana )

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=Usaka Dec 1, 2011

are..... are these reall.... xD....???

~wilson419 Dec 1, 2011

Yes, sort of, this isn't a painting or a 3D digital model. I mean, you can physically touch them, thay exist, but they don't really work; think of them more as a demonstration model or a mock-up. I made them as an art project, but there is no actual "Apple iSpork" or anything like that...so far as I know