"Have you ever felt bereft, uninspired, detached and disconnected from the world, from yourself? Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you could just reach out, make contact, and graze fullness, if only for a moment?
G(r)aze can make solid any of your wildest desires - no longer the scientific abstraction of a brittle 3D printer, but the irreducible presence of reality.
With G(r)aze, the world is your oyster, and each power-on is a new Birth of Venus. Simply reach into the screen and pull out your newest creation as we help you bring forth the promethian future. Using the most advanced multi-dimensional modeling and world-class electron synthesis, this product works on the most foundational atomic level to produce pristine, uncorrupted matter, not a representation but an embodiment.
We believe free expression is what makes us human. In fulfilling the totality of your vision, G(r)aze becomes more than another technology, another appendage — G(r)aze helps you become your true self."
In this project I created three speculative high-tech products and created an ad campaign with video and photos for them. Parodying technoutopic discourses parroted by massive, exploitative tech companies, I aim to explore the entanglements of desire, commodity, and dystopia. How do words, bodies, images, and the psyche intersect to construct specific technological advancements and the production of commodities?
kolya shields 