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I Want This At Home

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I am exploring how images can be manipulated easily and form representations of representations that are believable but far from reality.

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I Want This At Home is a project about appropriation in art. Inspired by the concepts in Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation, and Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, I am exploring how images can be manipulated easily and form representations of representations that are believable but far away from reality. The posters are made by turning famous architectural buildings into furniture pieces. They are specifically made to look like commercials in order to convey how consumerism and advertisement are contributing to creating new layers of reality.

 

A lamp in the shape of The Louvre centered in the middle of the image against a gradient background with texts "At Home Louvre"
Two hanging lamps in the shape of TWA Flight Center above a silver table against a gray background with the text "TWA Flight Center" and "Destination Home".
A chair with four legs in the shape of Shanghai World Finance Center centered in the middle of the image against a gray background with the text "Shanghai World Finance Center" and "Have A Seat".
A Noguchi-inspired table against a smooth gradient background with the words "Heydar Aliyev Center" and "Within Your Reach."

Reto Chen (BA ’23) originally created “I Want This At Home” in David Brooks’ Summer 2021 Arts Workshop “The Copy.”

 
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