For this portion of the reading, the ending piece of "The Animal, Vegetable, Mineralness of Everything" by Ken Fiengold is what is sticking with me. Regardless of underpinnings, the aesthetic alone is good enough for me.
It's weird, it's unique, and a little bit creepy. Imagining these heads pivoting around having these vegetable "thoughts" about either their own things, their own fears, or the object in front of them, all could lead to some really strange conversations. The work itself seems to me to be a simplification of the human condition, taking IQ back to the bare minimum and seeing similarities between these contraptions and ourselves.
With such a low IQ they're still curious, they're still afraid, and they still have their own obsessions.
Love this sculpture.
-Thomas
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