Consumption and Waste: An Extension to the Human Body

Sketch

This is the preliminary sketch for this body extension project. As i brainstormed this piece i began to contemplate the idea of a body extension inhibiting one from doing every day tasks rather than aiding in such tasks. my initial idea was to take a normal body part and increase the size similarly to Claes Oldenburg's work. Oldenberg thought that increasing an everyday objects size can transform it into art. I had a intended a similar concept and created giant ears however i didn't think the size alone would inhibit the wearer, i then came up with the idea that these giant ears would play with irony. These Ears which one may believe to assist in ones ability to hear would realistically restrict their sense of sound.