Spirit of the Age
Michael St.Mark 2014
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perspex cut-out onto which is projected a hologram of a smiling, “talking ” hospitality lady, giving a good impression of unconditional helpfulness… on a mind-numbing 10 second audio loop requesting the public not to take heavy bags onto the escalator.
Kings Cross mainline terminal, N1
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Signed edition of 25 Lightjet prints onto Kodak Pro Endura
25″ x 21″
£400 ( unframed )
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Mechanical Head ( The spirit of our time )
by the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann c. 1920
“.. this is a head whose “thoughts” are materially determined by objects literally fixed to it. However, there are deeper targets in western culture that give this modern masterpiece its force. Hausmann turns inside out the notion of the head as seat of reason, an assumption that lies behind the European fascination with the portrait. He reveals a head that is penetrated and governed by brute external forces. ”
Links to Welcome to the Machine II
LONDON DADA 
Mind the gap, mind the gap, mind the gap. Do those bureaucrats think we punters have the attention span of bureaucrats? 🙂
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Well yes, they’re well up their own high tech-must-be-an-improvement-at-all-times arses with this one. The weird cut-outs – whose faces hologramically smile as they speak, rather disturbingly – must cost a five figure sum each.
What’s the prob’ with just the audio loop playing on localized loudspeakers, sorry to be so f*king backwards.
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