What is going on here? Is the dress from a personal memory? Is this work meant to be interactive?
Some sort of attempt is being made to balance the apathetic accpetance of the viewer.Oursler is reprogramming people from oblivious consumers into empathetic present people. He projects the shadow side of tv media technology so the viewr understands or is at least more aware of the tv affect on our psyche. Reminde me slightly of the mean machine guy, Gonzales. Both are prodding people into self-exploration and media awareness. i like the phrase " emotional confrontation" to describe this work, it forces peolple to experince and deal with their emotions and reactions to "others" emoitional states. Also touching on MPD that this suggest it is not necessarily a disease rather a more empathic and perhaps evolved mindstate. To make peolpe connect with art is in essence making them connect witht themselves.
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