I would consider this piece a happy accident. My intention was to create a commentary piece on television and the effect it has on people, but I tossed the idea knowing I wouldn't be saying anything new. Instead, I played around with what I had already collected. Thus, the video tape, TV knobs, and anatomy illustrations became the central focus of this piece.

The dissected and labeled head from an old anatomy book is my favorite aspect of the work. It reveals the brain not as a sensory analysis machine, but as a house for morality, perception, and aspirations. This included with the text on the eye and hand gives an overall clinical impression. The placement of the three illustrations creates a chart; one that shows knowledge can be gained about someone through the eyes (and sometimes palms) with only an “external view”.

So the work as a whole becomes more than a typically autopsy (learning the subject’s cause of death), but a dissection of someone’s psyche to learn their motivations. This chart shows how: Tune into the person through what can be seen externally and then watch the videotape that has recorded his or her memories and aspirations.

The serial number at the bottom left has two very specific purposes. The first is to show that everything can be cataloged into what may seem like a nonsensical code to someone that doesn’t understand how to read it. These numbers were painted in a thick, coarse pumice to portray the second purpose – showing how coarse and unfeeling serializing can be especially when it comes to ethics, morals, and values.