USS DRAGOON (2003)
"One God to Rule Them All...And in the Darkness Bind Them
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wood, plastic, electronics, software
10' x 5' x 4'






Keywords: Tolkien, Christ, Your Empire and Your Desktop
USS Dragoon: One God to Rule Them All...And in the Darkness Bind Them - An Elvin class computer aircraft carrier prepared for battle with an on-deck army of knights and dragons.

GodsEye is borrowed from the computer gaming term God's eye perspective which positions the player as a God/General/Wizard floating above the world - awarded total control over cities, armies and minions. GodsEyecosists of several computer sculptures that make up a techno-/neo-medieval landscape built around the functional hardware elements of a computer desktop environment: keyboard, mouse, monitor, tower, etc. Formally, it draws from the subcultures of custom computer case modifications, hardware hacking, computer game modification and sampling.




 

 

 

 

links:
"A Touch of Medieval" (on magic and computer games)


download:
print quality images (7.1 MB)
higher_quality_stills(31 MB)

video:


exhibition history:
FACT, Liverpool, UK
Katoennatie Museum (permanent collection), Ghent, Belgium
Postmasters Gallery, NY, NY

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