Trail of Broken Dreams - Sky Buchard
Like a specter stuck between worlds, Sky Buchard’s linked groups of sculptures (including Mario Boxes and Taurine Dream, as well as Lonley, which will have its own entry in VGxA) place viewers into a neither-realm between familiar objects and constructive modes from videogames and the experience of standing, staring at a rarified object behind glass in a gallery or museum. By producing 3D models based on banal in-game assets (such as food), then using those models to craft meticulous life-size reproductions in physical materials, complete with low-polygon distortions and clipping errors, his work plunges headfirst into the complex, but subconsciously acquired, systems we use to praise and judge representation in cultural objects.
Creator: Sky Burchard
Link: http://skyburchard.com
Connections:
Lucy Sparrow - 8 ‘Till Late
Cory Archangel - Super Mario Clouds
Andy Warhol - Brillo Boxes