The Television Chandelier

One of Ian Burns’ latest pieces, End of an Era, is the ingenious pairing of 16 black and white televisions (all displaying live feeds presumably from the cameras mounted above them) and chandelier. The piece is decidedly dystopian, likely intended to make a statement on the ever-decreasing level of privacy the citizens of supposedly free countries are afforded in this day of near constant surveillance.

However, to many the appeal of this piece will lie in the fact that it looks like something ripped from the crinkly celluloid of Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk masterpiece, Blade Runner. I can’t be the only one that thinks these chandeliers would have fit perfectly among the grungy detritus of a futuristic Los Angeles, or better yet my very own cavernous, abandoned apartment building.

Ian Burns [Spencer Brown Gallery : PanDan : cribcandy]