I started making work about screen addiction 15 years ago. In a body of work titled “No More Talking” I created zombie-like portraits of kids and young adults (myself included) illuminated solely by computer screens as a way to contemplate the way our physical and social behavior appear while we engage with our phones and computers. The nature of this project is what inspired my initial foray into wheat-pasting my work out in the world; as a way to have the photographs be something you were meant to experience in person.
I’ve been thinking about this work in the wake of a jury ruling last week that Meta and YouTube deliberately built their platforms to be addictive - and that executives knew it. The jury found the companies liable for designing harmful products that targeted young users awarding $6 million in damages. That’s pennies to companies like that, but it’s a notable precedent that’s been set on how these companies operate.
Social media is complicated. It makes me feel connected and isolated; inspired and depressed. I love it and I hate it. How do you feel about this place?
Thank you everyone for attending last night’s exhibition and book launch!
Matt King 'BLUNT INSTRUMENTS'
On view until July 19
11 - 6 PM
'King Chong', 2018-2025
1981 Yamaha XS650 chopper in a custom American steel Hardtail Frame
51 x 81 x 29 inches
Red Hook was Regatta'in!!! With @pioneerworks at Valentino Pier!! CONGRATULATIONS to winner and high school student AND @redhookartproject member, Myles! Red Hook Councilmember @nyc_council38@alexaforcouncil reminds us to vote... and Popeye was at the helm... a GREAT TIME!!
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The 2015 Nocuous Rift Reality Goggles use two iPhone 5 cameras to immerse you in a Stereoscopic 3D identical to what’s already around you.
Unboxing Review by @simplebasicco@apple@oculuscreators@virtualrealitea #virtualreality #vr #googlecardboard #augmentedreality #futuretech #tech
Joel and Meghan got married! I turned 32! Nola fantastic as always ♥️ swipe to see Evan, the bride and groom (Ty Eric for getting this photo), Chance and I matching because we have the same brain, Cristina’s shrimp bag !!! a very happy sleepy bacchanal birthday and 87 other pics of this dress. Choo choo 🦞
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App Store day 2:
9 years ago, I made a crappy cardboard and duck tape “VR” head set and had it cast in aluminum. It fit 2 iPhone 5’s on camera mode so all you saw was an equally shitty version of reality in 3D. Look at us today! When reality looks grim, alter it.
Also, check out @Apple ’s almost identical advertising to my own 9 years later!!
Rumor has it that Ye (Kanye West), has one of my castings after his interior designer bought one for @kimkardashian and Ye back in the day. Somehow I need to confirm this. Different times, a different Ye, but a not so different Yee ;)
I had @simplebasicco post an unboxing video on YouTube (scroll right), and make the leather straps!
Photos of me by @andreaurbinati
Castings by @paigetooker_newyorkartfoundry
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